Countries
South Africa
Myanmar
National Language
South Africa
Myanmar
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Thai Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Molo
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Unjani
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Molo
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Ndicela
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Arakanese
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Africa
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Africa
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Bamar people
Origin
16th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Burmese Speaking population
Xhosa and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Burmese on Xhosa vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Burmese Language Codes
Xhosa and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.