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Burmese and Maithili


Maithili and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
22  
12

Scripts
Tangut  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
North India  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Intha  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
14th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
43  
40
40  
37

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
mai  

ISO 639 3
mya  
mai  

ISO 639 6
mya  
mai  

Glottocode
sout3159  
mait1250  

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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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.

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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.

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