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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- 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
Tagalog Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
Paalam
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
43.00 million
  
30
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
filipino
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
birman
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Modern Burmese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Burmese language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Burmese Difficulty
The Filipino vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.