Countries
Myanmar
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
110
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Portugal
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Mon
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Thai Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3323
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3319
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
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Olá
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
obrigado
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Como você está?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
boa noite
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
bom Dia
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Por Favor
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
pesaroso
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
tchau
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Brazil
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Portugal
How Many People Speak
440,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Burma
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
90,000.004,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
526
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million231.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %3.27 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million216.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Português
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Português
French Name
birman
portugais
German Name
Birmanisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1113 AD
3rd Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Portuguese
Language Position
436
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
pt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
por
ISO 639 2/B
bur
por
ISO 639 3
mya
por
ISO 639 6
mya
por
Glottocode
sout3159
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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