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Burmese vs Assamese


Assamese vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Thai Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
33  
23
41  
30

Scripts
Tangut  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
suprobhaat  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
biḍai  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Intha  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
birman  
assamais  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Assamese  

Language Position
43  
40
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
asm  

ISO 639 3
mya  
asm  

ISO 639 6
mya  
asm  

Glottocode
sout3159  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-w  

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 Assamese Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Assamese language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Burmese and Assamese Language History.

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Burmese and Assamese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Assamese language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Assamese Difficulty

The Burmese vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Assamese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is 44 weeks.

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