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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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