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Burmese and Filipino


Filipino and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
23  
13

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Kumusta  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Salamat  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Kumusta  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Magandang umaga  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Paalam  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
100,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
8,200,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
Intha  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
2,600,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
1.74 %  
11

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Pilipino  

French Name
birman  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Filipino people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
16th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Filipino  

Language Position
43  
40
34  
32

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Filipino Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
fil  

ISO 639 3
mya  
fil  

ISO 639 6
mya  
fil  

Glottocode
sout3159  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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All Burmese and Filipino 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 Filipino dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Filipino language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Filipino Dialects are spoken in different Filipino speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Filipino Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Filipino dialects include: Bikol , Hiligaynon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Burmese and Filipino Speaking population

Burmese and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Filipino on Burmese vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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