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Burmese and Serbian


Serbian and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Myanmar   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Mon   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
25   
15

Scripts
Tangut   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Southeastern Serbia   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

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

French Name
birman   
serbe   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Serbs   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
11th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
43   
32
44   
33

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
srp   

ISO 639 3
mya   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Serbian Speaking population

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

Burmese and Serbian Language Codes

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

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