Countries
Myanmar
  
India
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
birman
  
oriya
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Odias
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
3 BC
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
macr1269
  
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
  
Burmese and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Oriya language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Oriya Difficulty
The Burmese vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.