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Portuguese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Intha  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

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  

History

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
43  
40
6  
6

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
51-AAA-a  

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

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Burmese and Portuguese Speaking population

Burmese and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Burmese vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Portuguese Language Codes

Burmese and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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