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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Myanmar
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 11 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Myanmar
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.8 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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    1.9 Similar To
    Thai Language
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    1.10 Derived From
    Pali Language
    Arabic Language
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    Rank: 15 (Overall)
    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    12
    Rank: 9 (Overall)
    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    33
    Rank: 23 (Overall)
    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Tangut
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Left-To-Right, Horizontal
    Not Available
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    44 weeks
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
    Habari
    3.2 Thank You
    ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
    Asante
    3.3 How Are You?
    နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
    Habari gani?
    3.4 Good Night
    ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
    Usiku mwema
    3.5 Good Evening
    မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
    Habari za jioni
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
    nzuri Alasiri
    3.7 Good Morning
    မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
    Habari za asubuhi
    3.8 Please
    ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
    tafadhali
    3.9 Sorry
    တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
    pole
    3.10 Bye
    နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
    bye
    3.11 I Love You
    မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
    nakupenda
    3.12 Excuse Me
    ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
    Samahani
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Arakanese
    Kiunguja
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
    Zanzibar island
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    2,000,000.00
    Rank: 24 (Overall)
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Tavoyan
    Kimrima
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Myanmar
    Dar es Salaam
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    440,000.00
    Rank: 30 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Intha
    Kimgao
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Burma
    Kilwa
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    90,000.00
    Rank: 30 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    5
    Rank: 5 (Overall)
    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    43.00 million
    Rank: 30 (Overall)
    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    0.50 %
    Rank: 29 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    33.00 million
    Rank: 28 (Overall)
    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    10.00 million
    Rank: 23 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
    Not Available
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    5.3.4 French Name
    birman
    swahili
    5.3.5 German Name
    Birmanisch
    Swahili
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Bamar people
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    1113 AD
    6th century
    6.2 Language Family
    Sino-Tibetan Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Tibeto-Burman
    Benue-Congo
    6.2.2 Branch
    Not Available
    Bantu
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Modern Burmese
    Swahili
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Burmese sign language
    Not Available
    6.4 Scope
    Individual
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    my
    sw
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    mya
    swa
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    bur
    swa
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    mya
    swa
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    sout3159
    swah1254
    7.6 Linguasphere
    No data available
    99-AUS-m
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Subject-Object-Verb
    Not Available
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Analytic, Isolating
    Not Available

    Burmese and Swahili Alphabets

    Burmese and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Burmese and Swahili. In Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Burmese and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Burmese and Swahili languages. The Burmese phonology consist Burmese vowels and Burmese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Burmese greetings vs Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Burmese and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    Burmese and Swahili Speaking population

    Burmese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Swahili on Burmese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Burmese and Swahili Language Codes

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

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