Countries
Myanmar
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Myanmar
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Thai Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
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