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Burmese and Kannada


Kannada and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
14   
11

How Many Consonants
33   
23
35   
25

Scripts
Tangut   
Kannada Script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Urali   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Intha   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.58 %   
26

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   

History

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   

Language Position
43   
32
31   
25

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Burmese and Kannada Speaking population

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