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Burmese and Tagalog


Tagalog and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Philippines  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
18  
8

Scripts
Tangut  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
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)  
Kamusta  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
pakiusap  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Paálam  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Intha  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Philippines  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
birman  
tagalog  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1593  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Filipino  

Language Position
43  
40
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
mya  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
mya  
tgl  

Glottocode
sout3159  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Burmese and Tagalog Speaking population

Burmese and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Burmese vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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