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Burmese and Latvian


Latvian and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
24   
14

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Burma   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
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   

History

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
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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

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Burmese and Latvian Speaking population

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