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Burmese and Tagalog


Tagalog and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
18   
8

Scripts
Tangut   
Baybayin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.42 %   
32

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   

History

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   

Language Position
43   
32
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Burmese and Tagalog 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 Tagalog dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Tagalog language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Tagalog Dialects are spoken in different Tagalog speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Tagalog Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog , Bisalog. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Burmese and Tagalog Speaking population

Burmese and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Burmese vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Tagalog Language Codes

Burmese and Tagalog language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Tagalog Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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