Countries
Myanmar
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
1,051.00 million
  
2
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
birman
  
chinois
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Han
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
1250 BC
  
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 Chinese
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
79-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic, Isolating