Countries
Myanmar
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
birman
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic, Isolating