Countries
Myanmar
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
20.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.