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Burmese and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
12   
9

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
1.14 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
43   
32
14   
13

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Burmese and Vietnamese Speaking population

Burmese and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Burmese vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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