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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Arakanese
American English
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
United States of America
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Intha
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Burma
United Kingdom
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
Origin
1113 AD
5th Century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard English
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
sout3159
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic