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Burmese and Vietnamese

Countries

Countries

Myanmar
Vietnam

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Myanmar
Vietnam

Second Language

Bangladesh, Burma
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Mon
Czech Republic

Regulated By

Myanmar Language Commission
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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.
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.

Similar To

Thai Language
Chinese Language

Derived From

Pali Language
Chinese Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3337
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1212
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3321
9 60
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Scripts

Tangut
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Xin chào

Thank You

ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Cam on

How Are You?

နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Bạn khỏe không?

Good Night

ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Chúc ngủ ngon

Good Evening

မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Chào buổi tối

Good Afternoon

မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Chào buổi trưa

Good Morning

မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Chào buổi sáng

Please

ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
xin vui lòng

Sorry

တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Xin lỗi

Bye

နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Tạm biệt

I Love You

မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
tôi yêu bạn

Excuse Me

ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Xin loi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Arakanese
Northern Vietnamese

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tavoyan
North-central Vietnamese

Where They Speak

Myanmar
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa

How Many People Speak

440,000.0076,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Intha
Mid-Central Vietnamese

Where They Speak

Burma
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien

How Many People Speak

90,000.0076,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

55
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

43.00 million91.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.50 %1.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

33.00 million75.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
tiếng việt (㗂越)

Alternative Names

Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet

French Name

birman
vietnamien

German Name

Birmanisch
Vietnamesisch

Pronunciation

[bəmɛ̀]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)

Ethnicity

Bamar people
Vietnamese (Kinh) people

History

Origin

1113 AD
c. 1440

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

Tibeto-Burman
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese

Standard Forms

Modern Burmese
Standard Vietnamese

Language Position

4314
1 120
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Signed Forms

Burmese sign language
Vietnamese sign languages

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

my
vi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mya
vie

ISO 639 2/B

bur
vie

ISO 639 3

mya
vie

ISO 639 6

mya
vie

Glottocode

sout3159
viet1252

Linguasphere

No data available
46-EBA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating

Burmese and Vietnamese Alphabets

Burmese and Vietnamese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Burmese and Vietnamese. In Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Vietnamese Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Burmese and Vietnamese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Burmese and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Burmese and Vietnamese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Burmese and Vietnamese Speaking population

Burmese and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Burmese vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Vietnamese Language Codes

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