Countries
Myanmar
New Zealand
National Language
Myanmar
New Zealand
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Hello
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Night pai
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Morning pai
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Tēnā
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Aroha mai
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
poroporoaki
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Arakanese
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
New Zealand
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Myanmar
New Zealand
Dialect 3
Intha
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Burma
New Zealand
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
New Zealand Maori
German Name
Birmanisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Māori people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Polynesian
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Maori
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sout3159
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Burmese and Maori 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 Maori dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Maori Speaking population
Burmese and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 %. 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 Maori on Burmese vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Maori Language Codes
Burmese and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.