Countries
Myanmar
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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.
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Português
  
French Name
birman
  
portugais
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available