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Burmese and Finnish


Finnish and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Myanmar   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Mon   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
13   
3

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Moi   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
hyvää yötä   

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

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

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
haluta   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Anteeksi   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Heippa   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Finland   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Finland, Rauma   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
suomi / suomen kieli   

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

French Name
birman   
finnois   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1543   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
fin   

ISO 639 3
mya   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Burmese and Finnish Speaking population

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

Burmese and Finnish Language Codes

Burmese and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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