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Telugu vs Burmese


Burmese vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Karnataka   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   
Mon   

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
  • 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
Tamil   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60   
35
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
12   
9

How Many Consonants
41   
30
33   
23

Scripts
Telugu Script   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
బై (Bai)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
170,000.00   
39
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million   
20
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
télougou   
birman   

German Name
Telugu-Sprache   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
c. 575   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Telugu   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
15   
14
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
te   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
tel   
bur   

ISO 639 3
tel   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
telu1262   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
No data available   
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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Telugu and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Burmese language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 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 Telugu and Burmese Language History.

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

Telugu vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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