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Burmese and Maltese


Maltese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Myanmar  
Malta  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
24  
14

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Ħello  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Kif int?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Skużani!  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Ċaw  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Burma  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Malti  

French Name
birman  
maltais  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Maltese  

Language Position
43  
40
25  
23

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
mya  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
mya  
mlt  

Glottocode
sout3159  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Burmese and Maltese Speaking population

Burmese and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Burmese vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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