Countries
India, Pakistan
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
Myanmar
Second Language
Pakistan
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Mon
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5233
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1012
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4033
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Tangut
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
خوش آمديد
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
براہ مہربانی
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
الوداع
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Arakanese
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
India
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Intha
Where They Speak
South Asia
Burma
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.99 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
61.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
اُردُو
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
ourdou
birman
German Name
Urdu
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Bamar people
Origin
12th Century CE
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Modern Burmese
Language Position
2043
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ur
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
mya
ISO 639 2/B
urd
bur
ISO 639 3
urd
mya
ISO 639 6
urd
mya
Glottocode
urdu1245
sout3159
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating