Countries
Myanmar
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Total No. Of Countries
123
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Thai Language
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Pali Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3328
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3328
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
مرحبا
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
شكرا
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
صباح الخير
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
من فضلك
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
آسف
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
وداعا
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
أحبك
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Sudan
How Many People Speak
440,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Levantine
Where They Speak
Burma
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
90,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
526
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million452.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %4.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million206.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million246.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
birman
arabe
German Name
Birmanisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Arabs
Origin
1113 AD
512 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Semitic
Branch
-
North Arabic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Modern Standard Arabic
Language Position
4325
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
my
ar
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
ara
ISO 639 2/B
bur
ara
ISO 639 3
mya
ara
ISO 639 6
mya
ara
Glottocode
sout3159
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic