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Burmese and Xhosa


Xhosa and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
South Africa   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Mon   
Botswana, Lesotho   

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
33   
23
43   
32

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)   
Molo   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Unjani   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Molo   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Ndicela   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Burma   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
birman   
xhosa   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
16th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
xho   

ISO 639 3
mya   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Xhosa Speaking population

Burmese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Burmese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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