Countries
Myanmar
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Myanmar
Ethiopia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Selam
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
i'bakwon
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
aznallehu
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
tschao
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Gondar
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
birman
amharique
German Name
Birmanisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Amharas
Origin
1113 AD
13th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Amharic
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
All Burmese and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Amharic Speaking population
Burmese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Burmese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Amharic Language Codes
Burmese and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.