Countries
Myanmar
South Africa
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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Where They Speak
Myanmar
South Africa
Where They Speak
Burma
South Africa
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
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
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sout3159
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Burmese and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Xhosa Speaking population
Burmese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Burmese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Xhosa Language Codes
Burmese and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.