Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Myanmar
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Thai Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Thank you
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
How are you?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
I love you
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
American English
Arakanese
Where They Speak
United States of America
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Intha
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Burma
Native Name
English
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
anglais
birman
German Name
Englisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Bamar people
Origin
5th Century AD
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Standard English
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Signed English
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
sout3159
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
English and Burmese 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 English and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Burmese language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common English Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Burmese Difficulty
The English vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Burmese 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 English and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.
