Countries
Myanmar
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Thai Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3352
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1216
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3336
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Kokan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
440,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Burma
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
90,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
542
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %1.10 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million68.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
birman
marathe
German Name
Birmanisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Marathi people
Origin
1113 AD
10th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Marathi
Language Position
4317
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
mar
ISO 639 2/B
bur
mar
ISO 639 3
mya
mar
ISO 639 6
mya
mar
Glottocode
sout3159
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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