National Language
Myanmar
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Thai Language
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Pali Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
nomoskaar
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
subhoraattri
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
subha abeli
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
suprobhaat
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
anugroha kori
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
moi ḍukkhita
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
biḍai
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Western Assam
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Intha
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Burma
Assam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
birman
assamais
German Name
Birmanisch
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Assamese people
Origin
1113 AD
7th century A.D
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Assamese
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
assa1263
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-w
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Burmese and Assamese 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 Burmese and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Assamese Speaking population
Burmese and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Burmese and Assamese on Burmese vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Assamese Language Codes
Burmese and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.