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Burmese and Telugu


Telugu and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Myanmar   
Andra Pradesh, India   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Karnataka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   

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.
  
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Tamil   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
60   
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
19   
16

How Many Consonants
33   
23
41   
30

Scripts
Tangut   
Telugu Script   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
హలో (Halō)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
బై (Bai)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Waddar   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
170,000.00   
39

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Chenchu   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
26,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Intha   
Manna-Dora   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
38   
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
80.00 million   
20

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
1.15 %   
15

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
తెలుగు (telugu)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   

French Name
birman   
télougou   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Telugu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Telugu people   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
c. 575   

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   
Early Telugu epigraphy   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Telugu   

Language Position
43   
32
15   
14

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
te   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
tel   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
tel   

ISO 639 3
mya   
tel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
telu1262   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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