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French and Burmese


Countries

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
1  
14
32  
3

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Quebec French  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
6,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
African French  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Africa  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
274,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Intha  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
1,800,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
1.12 %  
18

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
87.00 million  
11

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  

History

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
43  
40
13  
12

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
51-AAA-i  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Burmese and French Speaking population

Burmese and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and French languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Burmese vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and French Language Codes

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