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Chinese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
24   
19

How Many Consonants
33   
23
23   
13

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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
440,000.00   
30
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Intha   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Burma   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
16.00 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
43   
32
1   
1

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Burmese and Chinese Speaking population

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

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