Countries
Myanmar
India, Nepal
National Language
Myanmar
Nepal
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Thai Language
Hindi
Derived From
Pali Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
कृपया
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Doteli
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Nepal
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Myanmar
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Intha
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Burma
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
birman
népalais
German Name
Birmanisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Nepali
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
Burmese and Nepali Speaking population
Burmese and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Burmese vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Nepali Language Codes
Burmese and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.