Countries
Myanmar
Philippines
National Language
Myanmar
Philippines
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Kablaaw
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Kumusta?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Not available
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Agpakawanak
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Pakada
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Balangao
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Philippines
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Philippines
Dialect 3
Intha
Not present
Where They Speak
Burma
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
ilokano
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
birman
ilocano
German Name
Birmanisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Ilocano people
Origin
1113 AD
18th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Modern Ilocano
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CBA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Burmese and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Ilocano language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Burmese vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.