Countries
Myanmar
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tamil
Derived From
Pali Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3360
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1219
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3341
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Telugu Script
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
బై (Bai)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Waddar
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
440,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Burma
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
90,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
538
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
birman
télougou
German Name
Birmanisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Telugu people
Origin
1113 AD
c. 575
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Telugu
Language Position
4315
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
tel
ISO 639 2/B
bur
tel
ISO 639 3
mya
tel
ISO 639 6
mya
tel
Glottocode
sout3159
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
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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