Similarities Between Hindi and Burmese

Despite belonging to different language families, Hindi and Burmese, have a lot of similar words, due to historical connections. Indian languages have greatly influenced Burmese, as Myanmar, and much of Southeast Asia, was under the Indian sphere of cultural influence. In addition to the Hindi and Sanskrit terms relating to religion, food, administration, and shipping; Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism, has had a major impact on Burmese vocabulary. In today's video we compare some of the common terms between Hindi and Burmese, with Kenneth and Htet representing Burmese, and Anshul and Soham representing Hindi.

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Hindi (हिन्दी) is a standardized register of the Hindustani language. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the official languages of India, Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English.

Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ) is a Sino-Tibetan language that has official status in Myanmar (Burma). The Burmese alphabet is derived from a Brahmic script, either the Kadamba or Pallava alphabets.

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