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Oriya vs Burmese


Burmese vs Oriya


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
-  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Bengali and Assamese  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
31  
21
33  
23

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Tangut  

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
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

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

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

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

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

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

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
India  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
India  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Intha  

Where They Speak
India  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

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

French Name
oriya  
birman  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
3 BC  
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 Odia  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
32  
30
43  
40

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
bur  

ISO 639 3
ori  
mya  

ISO 639 6
ori  
mya  

Glottocode
macr1269  
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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Oriya and Burmese Language History

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

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

Oriya vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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