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Burmese vs Bengali


Bengali vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Myanmar  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
33  
23
40  
29

Scripts
Tangut  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Intha  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Burma  
India  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
birman  
bengali  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1000–1200 CE  

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  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Bengali  

Language Position
43  
32
4  
4

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
ben  

ISO 639 3
mya  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

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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Burmese and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Bengali language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Burmese and Bengali Language History.

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Burmese and Bengali Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Bengali language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Bengali Difficulty

The Burmese vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Bengali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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