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Konkani and Burmese


Burmese and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Myanmar  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
Myanmar Language Commission  

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

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
33  
23

Scripts
Devanagari  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

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

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

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

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

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

Please
Chike  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Maf kor  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Adeus  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

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

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

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

Dialect 2
Not present  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
-  
Myanmar  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Intha  

Where They Speak
-  
Burma  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

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

French Name
konkani  
birman  

German Name
Konkani  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
23  
21
43  
40

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
bur  

ISO 639 3
kok  
mya  

ISO 639 6
kok  
mya  

Glottocode
goan1235  
sout3159  

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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All Konkani and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Konkani and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Konkani and Burmese Speaking population

Konkani and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Konkani and Burmese on Konkani vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Burmese Language Codes

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