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Burmese and Catalan


Catalan and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Myanmar  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Spain  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
23  
13

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Hola  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Gràcies  

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

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Bona nit  

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

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

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Bon dia  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Sisplau  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Perdó!  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Adéu  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
T'estimo  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Dispensi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Caló  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
France, Portugal, Spain  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
440,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Valencian  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
2,400,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Intha  
Ribagorçan  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
9.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
Not Available  

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
4.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
5.10 million  
28

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
català  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  

French Name
birman  
catalan; valencien  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Katalanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Catalan people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
c. 1028  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old Catalan  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  

Language Position
43  
32
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Catalan  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ca  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
cat  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
cat  

ISO 639 3
mya  
cat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
stan1289  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-e  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Burmese and Catalan Speaking population

Burmese and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available. 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 Catalan on Burmese vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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