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Burmese

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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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How Many People Speak

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

History

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

Code

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
omr

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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Burmese and Marathi Alphabets

Burmese and Marathi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Burmese and Marathi. In Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Burmese and Marathi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Burmese and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Burmese and Marathi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Burmese and Marathi Speaking population

Burmese and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Burmese vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Marathi Language Codes

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