Countries
Myanmar
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
South Africa
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Thai Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Pali Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1210
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3343
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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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Molo
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Unjani
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Molo
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Ndicela
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
South Africa
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Thembu
Where They Speak
Myanmar
South Africa
How Many People Speak
440,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Burma
South Africa
How Many People Speak
90,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
59
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
birman
xhosa
German Name
Birmanisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1113 AD
16th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
isiXhosa
Language Position
4321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
xho
ISO 639 2/B
bur
xho
ISO 639 3
mya
xho
ISO 639 6
mya
xho
Glottocode
sout3159
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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