1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Myanmar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Myanmar Language Commission
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th 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.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
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
Habari
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
3.2 Thank You
Asante
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
3.9 Sorry
pole
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
3.10 Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
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
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA440,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
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?
150.00 million43.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 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
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
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
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
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-AUS-m
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