Countries
Myanmar
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
National Language
Myanmar
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
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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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Thai Language
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Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
zoo hmo
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
zoo tav su
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
thov
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
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I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Laos
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Myanmar
China
Where They Speak
Burma
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Hmong
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Mong
German Name
Birmanisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Bamar people
Hmong people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Hmong
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
my
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mya
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
bur
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
sout3159
firs1234
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Burmese and Hmong 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 Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Hmong Speaking population
Burmese and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. 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 Hmong on Burmese vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Hmong Language Codes
Burmese and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.