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Punjabi and Burmese


Burmese and Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Mon  

Regulated By
-  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Hindi Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
41  
30
33  
23

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Saraiki  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
26
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Doabi  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00  
3
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
30  
24
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million  
12
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
1.44 %  
12
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
100.00 million  
11
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million  
17
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
pendjabi  
birman  

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Availble  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Punjabis  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
23  
21
43  
40

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pa  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
pan  
bur  

ISO 639 3
pan  
mya  

ISO 639 6
panj  
mya  

Glottocode
panj1256  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Punjabi and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Punjabi and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Punjabi and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Punjabi are spoken in different Punjabi Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Punjabi vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari, Saraiki. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Punjabi and Burmese Speaking population

Punjabi and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Punjabi and Burmese on Punjabi vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Burmese Language Codes

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