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Burmese and Burmese


Burmese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Mon   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Myanmar Language Commission   

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.
  
  • 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
Thai Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
12   
9

How Many Consonants
33   
23
33   
23

Scripts
Tangut   
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
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

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

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

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

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Intha   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Burma   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
birman   
birman   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
43   
32
43   
32

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
bur   

ISO 639 3
mya   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
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
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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