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Marathi and Burmese


Burmese and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
India  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
Mon  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Konkani Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.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
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

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

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
19
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
marathe  
birman  

German Name
Marathi  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
10th century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
17  
15
43  
40

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
bur  

ISO 639 3
mar  
mya  

ISO 639 6
mar  
mya  

Glottocode
mara1378  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
omr  
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 Marathi 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 Marathi and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Marathi and Burmese Speaking population

Marathi and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % 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 Marathi and Burmese on Marathi vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Burmese Language Codes

Marathi and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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