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Burmese
Burmese

Kannada
Kannada



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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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

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

History

Origin

1113 AD
c. 450

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Tibeto-Burman
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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

Code

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
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Burmese and Kannada Alphabets

Burmese and Kannada Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Burmese and Kannada. In Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters. To learn Burmese and Kannada languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Burmese and Kannada languages. The Burmese phonology consist Burmese vowels and Burmese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Burmese greetings vs Kannada greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Burmese and Kannada are Most Spoken Languages.

All Burmese and Kannada 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 Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Burmese and Kannada Speaking population

Burmese and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Kannada on Burmese vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Kannada Language Codes

Burmese and Kannada language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Kannada Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.