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Russian and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Myanmar   
Russia   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Mon   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Tangut   
Cyrillic   

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)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Novgorod   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Русский   

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

French Name
birman   
russe   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Russians   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
43   
32
7   
7

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
rus   

ISO 639 3
mya   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Burmese and Russian Speaking population

Burmese and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Burmese vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Russian Language Codes

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