Countries
South Africa
Myanmar
National Language
South Africa
Myanmar
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Mon
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Dankie
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
goeie nag
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
goeie more
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
asseblief
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
jammer
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Totsiens
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Arakanese
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
-
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Intha
Where They Speak
Namibia
Burma
Native Name
Afrikaans
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
afrikaans
birman
German Name
Afrikaans
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Bamar people
Origin
17th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
sout3159
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic, Isolating
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Burmese Speaking population
Afrikaans and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % 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 Afrikaans and Burmese on Afrikaans vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Burmese Language Codes
Afrikaans and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.