Countries
Myanmar
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
kerala
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
birman
  
kannada
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available