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Arabic and Burmese


Burmese and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
28  
18
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
من فضلك  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
آسف  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
وداعا  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
أحبك  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
arabe  
birman  

German Name
Arabisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
25  
23
43  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
bur  

ISO 639 3
ara  
mya  

ISO 639 6
ara  
mya  

Glottocode
arab1395  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Arabic and Burmese Speaking population

Arabic and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Burmese on Arabic vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Burmese Language Codes

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