1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Myanmar
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Myanmar
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Mon
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 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.
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Myanmar
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
440,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Burma
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
90,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
43.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
33.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
தமிழ்
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Bamar people
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Tamil
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
sout3159
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available