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Burmese and Cantonese


Cantonese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Myanmar   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Tangut   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
您好   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
谢谢   

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

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
晚安   

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

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

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
早上好   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
请   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
遗憾   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
再见   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
outside mainland China   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
52.00 million   
21

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
birman   
Not Available   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
17th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mya   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Cantonese Speaking population

Burmese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Burmese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Cantonese Language Codes

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