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Burmese and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Myanmar   

Second Language
United States of America   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Mon   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
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
Olá   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
obrigado   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
Por Favor   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
tchau   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Português   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

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

French Name
portugais   
birman   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
6   
6
43   
32

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
bur   

ISO 639 3
por   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Portuguese and Burmese Speaking population

Portuguese and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % 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 Portuguese and Burmese on Portuguese vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Burmese Language Codes

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

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