Countries
Myanmar
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Myanmar
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Thai Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Habari
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Asante
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
tafadhali
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
pole
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
bye
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
birman
swahili
German Name
Birmanisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1113 AD
6th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Burmese and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Swahili Speaking population
Burmese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Burmese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Swahili Language Codes
Burmese and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.