Countries
Philippines
Myanmar
National Language
Philippines
Myanmar
Second Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
- 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.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hoy
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Salamat
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Palihug
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Babay
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Boholano
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Bohol
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
North Kana
Intha
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Native Name
Visayan
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
cebuano
birman
German Name
Cebuano
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Bamar people
Origin
16th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
my
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cebu1242
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Cebuano and Burmese 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 Cebuano and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cebuano and Burmese Speaking population
Cebuano and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Cebuano and Burmese on Cebuano vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cebuano and Burmese Language Codes
Cebuano and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.