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Nepali vs Burmese


Burmese vs 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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Nepali and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Burmese language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Burmese Language History.

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

Nepali vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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