Countries
Myanmar
Philippines
National Language
Myanmar
Philippines
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Thai Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Hoy
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Salamat
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Maayong Buntag
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Palihug
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Babay
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Boholano
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Bohol
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Myanmar
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Intha
North Kana
Where They Speak
Burma
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
birman
cebuano
German Name
Birmanisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Cebuano people
Origin
1113 AD
16th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Cebuano
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Burmese and Cebuano 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 Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Cebuano Speaking population
Burmese and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Burmese vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Cebuano Language Codes
Burmese and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.