Countries
Myanmar
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
India
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
birman
  
hindi
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
7th Century
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic