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Burmese vs Telugu


Telugu vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
60  
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
19  
16

How Many Consonants
33  
23
41  
30

Scripts
Tangut  
Telugu Script  

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)  
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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Waddar  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
170,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Chenchu  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
26,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Manna-Dora  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
38  
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
80.00 million  
20

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
1.15 %  
16

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
43  
40
15  
14

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Telugu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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Burmese and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Telugu language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575. 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 Telugu Language History.

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

Burmese vs Telugu Difficulty

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

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