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Burmese and Yoruba


Yoruba and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Myanmar  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Mon  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Yoruba Academy  

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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
33  
23
17  
7

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
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
e kaaro  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Jowo  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
binu  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
bye  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Intha  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
birman  
yoruba  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
4 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
43  
32
49  
36

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
yor  

ISO 639 3
mya  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

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

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Burmese and Yoruba Speaking population

Burmese and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Burmese vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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