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Burmese vs Oriya


Oriya 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   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
11   
8

How Many Consonants
33   
23
31   
21

Scripts
Tangut   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

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   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Not Available   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
India   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
India   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
Burma   
India   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
birman   
oriya   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Odias   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
3 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
43   
32
32   
26

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
ori   

ISO 639 3
mya   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
macr1269   

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   
Not Available   

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Burmese and Oriya Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Oriya language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 BC. 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 Oriya Language History.

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

Burmese vs Oriya Difficulty

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

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