Countries
Myanmar
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
birman
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
1593
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available