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Sanskrit vs Burmese


Burmese vs Sanskrit


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
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-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
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

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

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
-  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
-  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Intha  

Where They Speak
-  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
-  
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
sanskrit  
birman  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
23  
21
43  
40

Signed Forms
-  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
bur  

ISO 639 3
san  
mya  

ISO 639 6
san  
mya  

Glottocode
sans1269  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Sanskrit and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Burmese language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. 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 Sanskrit and Burmese Language History.

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

Sanskrit vs Burmese Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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