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Burmese Language



Countries
0

Countries
Myanmar 0

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Myanmar 0

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma 0

Speaking Continents
Asia 0

Minority Language
Mon 0

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission 0

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.
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Similar To
Thai Language 0

Derived From
Pali Language 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
33 15

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
12 9

How Many Consonants
33 23

Scripts
Tangut 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 11

Greetings
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) 0

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai) 0

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?) 0

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar) 0

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par) 0

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par) 0

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar) 0

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu) 0

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal) 0

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal) 0

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal) 0

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a) 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Arakanese 0

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar 0

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00 24

Dialect 2
Tavoyan 0

Where They Speak
Myanmar 0

How Many People Speak
440,000.00 30

Dialect 3
Intha 0

Where They Speak
Burma 0

How Many People Speak
90,000.00 30

Total No. Of Dialects
5 5

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million 30

Speaking Population
0.50 % 29

Native Speakers
33.00 million 28

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million 23

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka) 0

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa 0

French Name
birman 0

German Name
Birmanisch 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Bamar people 0

History
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Origin
1113 AD 0

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family 0

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman 0

Branch
Not Available 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese 0

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese 0

Language Position
43 32

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
0

ISO 639 1
my 0

ISO 639 2
0

ISO 639 2/T
mya 0

ISO 639 2/B
bur 0

ISO 639 3
mya 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
sout3159 0

Linguasphere
No data available 0

Types of Language
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Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb 0

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating 0

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Origin of Burmese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Burmese language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Burmese language states that it was put to use in 1113 AD. The history of Burmese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Burmese Language History.The evolution of Burmese language began with early forms such as Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese. Modern Burmese is the standard form of Burmese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Burmese Language.

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Burmese population

Burmese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Burmese language. Burmese language is spoken by 43.00 million people in the world. Most of the Burmese population lies in the Burmese Speaking Countries. Burmese language is spoken as first language by 33.00 million people and as second language by about 10.00 million people. Get to know Burmese speaking population in detail.

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Burmese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Burmese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Burmese language. Some languages share common writing systems. Tangut script is used by Burmese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Burmese language

Check out all the information about Burmese language here. You may find it interesting to learn Burmese Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Burmese Speaking Countries, Burmese speaking continents and Burmese Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Burmese countries knowing common Burmese Greetings will help you in communicating with Burmese people.

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