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Burmese and Latvian


Latvian and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
24  
14

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Burma  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
43  
40
9  
9

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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

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Burmese and Latvian Speaking population

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