Home
Languagevs


Burmese and Serbian


Serbian and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Myanmar  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
25  
15

Scripts
Tangut  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Intha  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

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

French Name
birman  
serbe  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
11th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
43  
40
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
srp  

ISO 639 3
mya  
srp  

ISO 639 6
mya  
srp  

Glottocode
sout3159  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Spoken Languages

Burmese and Serbian Speaking population

Burmese and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Burmese vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Serbian Language Codes

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

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages