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
Scripts
Devanagari
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Intha
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Burma
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
sout3159
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
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.