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Marathi vs Burmese


Burmese vs Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
33  
23

Scripts
Devanagari  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
15
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
18
0.50 %  
29

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  

History

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  

Language Position
17  
15
43  
32

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Marathi and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Burmese language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th 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 Marathi and Burmese Language History.

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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.

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