Countries
Myanmar
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Thai Language
Urdu
Derived From
Pali Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1211
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3333
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Marwari
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
440,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Intha
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Burma
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
90,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
521
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
birman
hindi
German Name
Birmanisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Hindustani people
Origin
1113 AD
7th 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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Hindi
Language Position
435
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
hin
ISO 639 2/B
bur
hin
ISO 639 3
mya
hin
ISO 639 6
mya
hins
Glottocode
sout3159
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic