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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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