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Burmese and Norwegian


Norwegian and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Mon   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
hallo   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
takk   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
god natt   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
god morgen   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
unnskyld   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
ha det   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Norsk   

French Name
birman   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
nor   

ISO 639 3
mya   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Burmese and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Burmese and Norwegian Language Codes

Burmese and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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