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French and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
32   
3

National Language
Myanmar   
France   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Africa, Canada   

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

Minority Language
Mon   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

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)   
bonjour   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Merci   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Bonjour   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
désolé   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
au revoir   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
African French   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Africa   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
français   

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

French Name
birman   
français   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Standard French   

Language Position
43   
32
13   
12

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
fre   

ISO 639 3
mya   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
sout3159   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Burmese and French Speaking population

Burmese and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and French languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Burmese vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and French Language Codes

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