Countries
Myanmar
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Philippines
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3332
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
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Kablaaw
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Kumusta?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
mangngegda
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Agpakawanak
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Pakada
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Balangao
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Philippines
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Philippines
How Many People Speak
440,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Not present
Where They Speak
Burma
Not present
How Many People Speak
90,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
52
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
ilokano
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
birman
ilocano
German Name
Birmanisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Ilocano people
Origin
1113 AD
18th 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
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
4394
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
bur
ilo
ISO 639 3
mya
ilo
ISO 639 6
mya
ilo
Glottocode
sout3159
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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