1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Myanmar
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Mon
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Khurumjari
3.2 Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Chanbiduna
3.9 Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Saobiganu
3.10 Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Chatcharage
3.11 I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Burma, Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Myanmar
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
440,000.00273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Burma
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
90,000.001,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
43.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
33.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
মৈইতৈইলোন
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bamar people
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available