Countries
Myanmar
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Total No. Of Countries
132
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
France
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Mon
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Thai Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3320
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
bonjour
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Merci
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Bonjour
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
désolé
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
au revoir
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
African French
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Africa
How Many People Speak
440,000.00274,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Burma
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
90,000.001,800,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
525
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %1.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million76.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million87.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
français
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Français
French Name
birman
français
German Name
Birmanisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
French people
Origin
1113 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard French
Language Position
4313
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
fr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
fra
ISO 639 2/B
bur
fre
ISO 639 3
mya
fra
ISO 639 6
mya
fras
Glottocode
sout3159
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic