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Burmese and Dutch


Dutch and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Myanmar   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Mon   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Hallo   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
goedemorgen   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
sorry   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
vaarwel   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Intha   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Nederlands   

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

French Name
birman   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
43   
32
48   
35

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
dut   

ISO 639 3
mya   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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

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Burmese and Dutch Speaking population

Burmese and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Burmese vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Dutch Language Codes

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