Burmese as equal to Pali: It is generally accepted that the Burmese
language had been imported into Myanmar with the immigrants from the
north-east across the present day China-Myanmar border. Those
immigrants were supposed to be the Pyus who eventually changed into
Myanmars. I suggest it is also probable that Burmese
had been an indigenous language along with Pali or Magadhi when
Sanskrit (the IndoEuropean) come into contact with Tibeto-Burman
languages in the Vedic period. As an example I will cite the word for
"hermit" in the following languages:
ऋषिः (RishhiH) Skt: the sage - OnlineSkt
Pal: {I.þi.} - UHS-PMDict0195
Pal: इसि isi m. a sage, anchorite -- UPMT-PEDict043
Bur: {ra.þé.} n. a hermit, recluse; rishi -- MEDict390
The {ra.} of Burmese is not related to the {I.} of Pali, but to Skt. ऋ
without rhoticity. - I am waiting for comments from my peers.
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language had been imported into Myanmar with the immigrants from the
north-east across the present day China-Myanmar border. Those
immigrants were supposed to be the Pyus who eventually changed into
Myanmars. I suggest it is also probable that Burmese
had been an indigenous language along with Pali or Magadhi when
Sanskrit (the IndoEuropean) come into contact with Tibeto-Burman
languages in the Vedic period. As an example I will cite the word for
"hermit" in the following languages:
ऋषिः (RishhiH) Skt: the sage - OnlineSkt
Pal: {I.þi.} - UHS-PMDict0195
Pal: इसि isi m. a sage, anchorite -- UPMT-PEDict043
Bur: {ra.þé.} n. a hermit, recluse; rishi -- MEDict390
The {ra.} of Burmese is not related to the {I.} of Pali, but to Skt. ऋ
without rhoticity. - I am waiting for comments from my peers.
UKT
100328