Countries
Myanmar
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Myanmar
Somalia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Mon
Yemen
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Tangut
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Hello
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Fadlan
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
sorry
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Intha
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Burma
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
birman
somali
German Name
Birmanisch
Somali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Somalis
Origin
1113 AD
19th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Somali
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Burmese and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Somali Speaking population
Burmese and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali 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 Somali on Burmese vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Somali Language Codes
Burmese and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
