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Arabic and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
Myanmar   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
28   
18

Scripts
Tangut   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
صباح الخير   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
آسف   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
وداعا   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Intha   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
birman   
arabe   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Arabs   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
512 CE   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
43   
32
25   
21

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
ara   

ISO 639 3
mya   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Burmese and Arabic 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 Burmese and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Burmese and Arabic Speaking population

Burmese and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Burmese and Arabic on Burmese vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Arabic Language Codes

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