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Hindi vs Burmese


Burmese vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India  
Myanmar  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Urdu  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
33  
23
33  
23

Scripts
Devanagari  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
हिन्दी  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
hindi  
birman  

German Name
Hindi  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
5  
5
43  
40

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
bur  

ISO 639 3
hin  
mya  

ISO 639 6
hins  
mya  

Glottocode
hind1269  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Hindi and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Burmese language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Hindi and Burmese Language History.

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

Hindi vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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