Countries
Myanmar
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Myanmar
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Hawaii
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Thai Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
您好
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
谢谢
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
你好吗？
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
晚安
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
下午好
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
早上好
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
请
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
遗憾
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
再见
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
我爱你
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Intha
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Burma
Hong Kong
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
birman
cantonais
German Name
Birmanisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Han Chinese
Origin
1113 AD
17th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
my
No data available
ISO 639 3
mya
No data available
Glottocode
sout3159
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Burmese and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Cantonese Speaking population
Burmese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Burmese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Cantonese Language Codes
Burmese and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.