Countries
Myanmar
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
South Africa
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Thai Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3332
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3317
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
hallo
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Dankie
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
goeie nag
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
goeie more
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
asseblief
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
jammer
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Totsiens
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
-
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Myanmar
-
How Many People Speak
440,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Burma
Namibia
How Many People Speak
90,000.007.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Cape Dutch
French Name
birman
afrikaans
German Name
Birmanisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Afrikaners
Origin
1113 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
4323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
afr
ISO 639 2/B
bur
afr
ISO 639 3
mya
afr
ISO 639 6
mya
afrs
Glottocode
sout3159
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic