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Burmese and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Haiti   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Mon   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

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.
  
  • In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
  • In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Bonjou   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Souple   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Dezole   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Babay   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Cap-Haitien   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Port-au-Prince   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Cayes   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
birman   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Haitians   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
43   
32
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
hat   

ISO 639 3
mya   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Haitian Creole Speaking population

Burmese and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 %. 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 Haitian Creole on Burmese vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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