Countries
Myanmar
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
hola
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
triste
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
adiós
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
birman
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic