1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Mhoro
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
3.10 Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Myanmar
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA440,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Burma
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA90,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million43.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million33.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Birmanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Bamar people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Burmese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating