Countries
Myanmar
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
birman
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic