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Burmese and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Mon   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
20   
10
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
Merci   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
désolé   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
au revoir   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
African French   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
français   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Français   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
français   
birman   

German Name
Französisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
13   
12
43   
32

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
bur   

ISO 639 3
fra   
mya   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All French 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 French and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of French and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Burmese Speaking population

French and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of French and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Burmese on French vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Burmese Language Codes

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