Countries
Myanmar
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
India
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
birman
  
marathe
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
10th 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
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available