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Hindi vs Burmese


Burmese vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Mon   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Urdu   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
12   
9

How Many Consonants
33   
23
33   
23

Scripts
Devanagari   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
हिन्दी   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
hindi   
birman   

German Name
Hindi   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
5   
5
43   
32

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
bur   

ISO 639 3
hin   
mya   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Hindi and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Burmese language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Hindi and Burmese Language History.

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Hindi and Burmese 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 Hindi and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Burmese language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hindi vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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