Countries
Myanmar
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Latvia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Latvian State Language Center
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.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Thai Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Pali Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3324
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Sveiki
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Paldies
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Labdien
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Labrīt
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
lūdzu
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Piedodiet!
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Livonian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Latvia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Latvia
How Many People Speak
440,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Intha
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Burma
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
90,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Lettish
French Name
birman
letton
German Name
Birmanisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1113 AD
1530
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Latvian
Language Position
439
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
my
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
lav
ISO 639 2/B
bur
lav
ISO 639 3
mya
lav
ISO 639 6
mya
lav
Glottocode
sout3159
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic