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Burmese and Shona


Shona and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
46   
34

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Masikati   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Mangwanani   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
bye   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Zimbabwe   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Burma   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
birman   
shona   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
20th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Not Available   

Language Position
43   
32
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
sna   

ISO 639 3
mya   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
core1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-a   

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

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Burmese and Shona Speaking population

Burmese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Burmese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Shona Language Codes

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

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