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Nepali and Burmese


Burmese and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Mon   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
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
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

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

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
कृपया   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
népalais   
birman   

German Name
Nepali   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
19 BC   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
59   
99+
43   
32

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
bur   

ISO 639 3
npi   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
12   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Nepali and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Burmese Language Codes

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