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Burmese and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

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
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
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)  
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
2,000,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Intha  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

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  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

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
43  
40
14  
13

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  

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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.

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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.

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