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Burmese vs Konkani


Konkani vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
33  
23
36  
26

Scripts
Tangut  
Devanagari  

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
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Namaskar  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Chike  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Maf kor  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Adeus  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
-  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Burma  
-  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
birman  
konkani  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Kokani  

Language Position
43  
40
23  
21

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
kok  

ISO 639 3
mya  
kok  

ISO 639 6
mya  
kok  

Glottocode
sout3159  
goan1235  

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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Burmese and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Konkani language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 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 Konkani Language History.

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Burmese and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Konkani language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Konkani Difficulty

The Burmese vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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