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Burmese and German


German and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Myanmar  
Germany  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
33  
23
9  
1

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
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
hallo  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Danke  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
gute Nacht  

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

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

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
guten Morgen  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
bitte  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Intha  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
birman  
allemand  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Germans  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
43  
32
9  
9

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
ger  

ISO 639 3
mya  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
sout3159  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Burmese and German Speaking population

Burmese and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and German languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Burmese vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and German Language Codes

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

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