Countries
Myanmar
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Pali Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3351
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1211
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3340
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Chakma
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Hajong
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
440,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Burma
India
How Many People Speak
90,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
525
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %3.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million196.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
birman
bengali
German Name
Birmanisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1113 AD
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Bengali
Language Position
434
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
ben
ISO 639 2/B
bur
ben
ISO 639 3
mya
ben
ISO 639 6
mya
ben
Glottocode
sout3159
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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