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Burmese and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Myanmar  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
2  
1

How Many Consonants
33  
23
60  
36

Scripts
Tangut  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
амритана  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Амарахь  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
-  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
birman  
abkhaze  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
43  
40
28  
26

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
abk  

ISO 639 3
mya  
abk  

ISO 639 6
mya  
abks  

Glottocode
sout3159  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Burmese and Abkhaz Speaking population

Burmese and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 %. 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 Burmese and Abkhaz on Burmese vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Abkhaz Language Codes

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