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English and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Myanmar  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Mon  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

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
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Hello  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Good Night  

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

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

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Good Morning  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Please  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Sorry  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Bye  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
American English  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Intha  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Burma  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
English  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Not Available  

French Name
birman  
anglais  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Standard English  

Language Position
43  
32
3  
3

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
eng  

ISO 639 3
mya  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
sout3159  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Burmese and English Speaking population

Burmese and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and English languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Burmese vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and English Language Codes

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