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Kannada vs Burmese


Burmese vs Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Karnataka, India  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Goa  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Mon  

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
  • 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
Telugu  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
49  
29
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
12  
9

How Many Consonants
35  
25
33  
23

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
540,000.00  
33
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Urali  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
kerala  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
6,440.00  
99+
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Kurumba  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
220,000.00  
23
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million  
29
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
kannada  
birman  

German Name
Kannada  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kannadiga  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
c. 450  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
31  
25
43  
32

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kn  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
kan  
bur  

ISO 639 3
kan  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1305  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Kannada and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Kannada vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Kannada and Burmese language. History of Kannada language states that this language originated in c. 450 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 Kannada and Burmese Language History.

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

Kannada vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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