Countries
Myanmar
South Africa
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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
-
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Myanmar
-
Dialect 3
Intha
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Burma
Namibia
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
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sout3159
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic
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.
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 0.03 %. 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.