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Burmese and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
India   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
16   
13

How Many Consonants
33   
23
36   
26

Scripts
Tangut   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Not Available   

French Name
birman   
sanskrit   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
2000 B.C.   

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   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
san   

ISO 639 3
mya   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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

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Burmese and Sanskrit Speaking population

Burmese and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. 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 Sanskrit on Burmese vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Sanskrit Language Codes

Burmese and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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