Countries
Myanmar
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
birman
  
coréen
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Koreans
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative