Countries
Myanmar
Nigeria
National Language
Myanmar
Nigeria
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
kedụ
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
dalụ
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Biko
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Ndo
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Not Available
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Enuani
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Intha
Not present
Where They Speak
Burma
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
igbo
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Ibo
German Name
Birmanisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Igbo people
Origin
1113 AD
30th Century BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Kwa
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
All Burmese and Igbo 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 Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Igbo Speaking population
Burmese and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. 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 Igbo on Burmese vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Igbo Language Codes
Burmese and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.