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Burmese and Filipino


Filipino and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Philippines   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Tagalog Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Spanish Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
23   
13

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Kumusta   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Salamat   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Kumusta   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
magandang gabi   

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

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

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Magandang umaga   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Mangyaring   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Paalam   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Mahal kita   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
patawarin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Bikol   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Hiligaynon   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
8,200,000.00   
11

Dialect 3
Intha   
Waray   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
2,600,000.00   
13

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
90.00 million   
17

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
45.00 million   
23

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
filipino   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Pilipino   

French Name
birman   
filipino; pilipino   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Pilipino   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
16th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian 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   
Filipino   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
No Data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
fil   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
fil   

ISO 639 3
mya   
fil   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
fili1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No Data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Filipino Speaking population

Burmese and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is Not Available. 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 Filipino on Burmese vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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