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Burmese and Ilocano


Ilocano and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Philippines   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Commission on the Filipino 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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Tangut   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Kablaaw   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Agyamanak   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Kumusta?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Naimbag a rabii   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Naimbag a sardam   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Naimbag a malem   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Naimbag a bigat   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Not available   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Agpakawanak   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Pakada   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Ayayatenka   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Maawan-dayawen   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Intha   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.14 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
9.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
ilokano   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Ilokano, Iloko   

French Name
birman   
ilocano   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Ilokano-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Ilocano people   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
18th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian 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   
Modern Ilocano   

Language Position
43   
32
94   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
ilo   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
ilo   

ISO 639 3
mya   
ilo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
ilok1237   

Linguasphere
No data available   
31-CBA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Ilocano Speaking population

Burmese and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Burmese vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Ilocano Language Codes

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

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