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Maltese and Burmese


Burmese and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Mon   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Ħello   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Ċaw   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Malti   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

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

French Name
maltais   
birman   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
Not Available   
43   
32

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
bur   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Maltese and Burmese Speaking population

Maltese and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available 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 Maltese and Burmese on Maltese vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Burmese Language Codes

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