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Burmese and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

National Language
Myanmar  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
33  
23
34  
24

Scripts
Tangut  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Intha  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Burma  
India  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
birman  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
19th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
43  
32
37  
29

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
bho  

ISO 639 3
mya  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

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

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Burmese and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Burmese and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Burmese and Bhojpuri on Burmese vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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