Countries
Myanmar
  
Israel
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
birman
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic