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Burmese and Bengali


Bengali and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Myanmar   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
11   
8

How Many Consonants
33   
23
40   
29

Scripts
Tangut   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Intha   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Burma   
India   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
birman   
bengali   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Bengali   

Language Position
43   
32
4   
4

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
ben   

ISO 639 3
mya   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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