Countries
Myanmar
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
hej
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
god morgon
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
birman
  
suédois
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available