Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
India
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Konkani Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
marathe
  
birman
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
10th century
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Marathi 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 Marathi and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Burmese language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Burmese Difficulty
The Marathi vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.