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Burmese and Somali


Somali and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Tangut   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
8.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
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   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
19th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Somali   

Language Position
43   
32
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
som   

ISO 639 3
mya   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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