Countries
Myanmar
India, Nepal
National Language
Myanmar
India, Nepal
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Thai Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Tangut
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
pranam
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Suprabhaat
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
kripaya
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
maf karai
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Alavidā
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Nepal
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Myanmar
North India
Where They Speak
Burma
Deoghar, France
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
birman
maithili
German Name
Birmanisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Maithil
Origin
1113 AD
14th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
No data available
Glottocode
sout3159
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Burmese and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Maithili Speaking population
Burmese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Burmese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Maithili Language Codes
Burmese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.