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 in
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Not present
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Intha
Not present
Where They Speak
Burma
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Sanskrit
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
Burmese and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Sanskrit language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Burmese vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.