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Burmese and Japanese


Japanese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Japan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Mon   
Palau   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
14   
4

Scripts
Tangut   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Fukuoka   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Burma   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Not Available   

French Name
birman   
japonais   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1185   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Japanese   

Language Position
43   
32
8   
8

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
mya   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Burmese and Japanese Speaking population

Burmese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Burmese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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