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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Kagawa
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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)
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Japanese
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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.
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.
Burmese and Japanese Language Codes
Burmese and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.