Countries
Myanmar
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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.
  
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Lettish
  
French Name
birman
  
letton
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
1530
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic
  
Burmese and Latvian Speaking population
Burmese and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. 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 Latvian on Burmese vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Latvian Language Codes
Burmese and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.