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Burmese and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
15   
12

How Many Consonants
33   
23
17   
7

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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)   
Not Available   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
10.30 million   
22

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
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
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   

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

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Burmese and Afrikaans Speaking population

Burmese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Afrikaans on Burmese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Afrikaans Language Codes

Burmese and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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