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Burmese and Mongolian


Mongolian and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Myanmar  
China, Mongolia  

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  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
13  
10

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Tangut  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
123,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
5,700,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  

French Name
birman  
mongol  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Mongols  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Mongolian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
43  
40
26  
24

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
mon  

ISO 639 3
mya  
mon  

ISO 639 6
mya  
mon  

Glottocode
sout3159  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Burmese and Mongolian Speaking population

Burmese and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 %. 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 Mongolian on Burmese vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Mongolian Language Codes

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