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Burmese and Maori


Maori and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
New Zealand   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Australia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Māori Language Commission   

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.
  
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Tahitian Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
20   
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
10   
2

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Hello   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Mauruuru koutou   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
E pēhea ana koe ?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Night pai   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
pai ahiahi   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Afternoon pai   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Morning pai   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Tēnā   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Aroha mai   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
poroporoaki   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Aroha ahau ki a koe   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
tukua ahau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
South Island Māori   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Western North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Eastern North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Burma   
New Zealand   

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
0.18 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
0.18 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
te Reo Māori   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
New Zealand Maori   

French Name
birman   
maori   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Maori-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Māori people   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1814   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Polynesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Maori   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
mi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
mri   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
mao   

ISO 639 3
mya   
mri   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
maor1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Maori Speaking population

Burmese and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori 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 Maori on Burmese vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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