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German and Burmese


Burmese and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Myanmar   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Mon   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
Danke   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
bitte   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Tschüs   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Deutsch   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
allemand   
birman   

German Name
Deutsch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
9   
9
43   
32

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
bur   

ISO 639 3
deu   
mya   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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German and Burmese Speaking population

German and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of German and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Burmese on German vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Burmese Language Codes

German and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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