Countries
Myanmar
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Myanmar
France
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Mon
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Thai Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
bonjour
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Merci
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Bonjour
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
désolé
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
au revoir
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
African French
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Intha
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Burma
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
français
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Français
French Name
birman
français
German Name
Birmanisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Not Available
Origin
1113 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard French
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
sout3159
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Burmese and French Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and French language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs French Difficulty
The Burmese vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and French Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.
