Countries
Myanmar
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Thai Language
Telugu
Derived From
Pali Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3349
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1214
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3335
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Badaga
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Urali
Where They Speak
Myanmar
kerala
How Many People Speak
440,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Burma
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
90,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
520
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
birman
kannada
German Name
Birmanisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Kannadiga
Origin
1113 AD
c. 450
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Modern Kannada
Language Position
4331
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
kan
ISO 639 2/B
bur
kan
ISO 639 3
mya
kan
ISO 639 6
mya
kan
Glottocode
sout3159
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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