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Burmese vs Marathi


Marathi vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.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
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
440,000.00  
30
7,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Intha  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
1.10 %  
18

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  

History

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  

Language Position
43  
32
17  
15

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Burmese and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Marathi language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century. 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 Marathi Language History.

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Burmese and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Marathi language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Marathi Difficulty

The Burmese vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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