1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Myanmar
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
1.8 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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Tangut
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
440,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
90,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
43.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
33.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Bamar people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating