Countries
Myanmar
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Nigeria
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Pali Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3317
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
e dupe
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
e kaasan
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
e kaaro
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Jowo
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
binu
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
bye
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Ede
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
440,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Burma
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
90,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
520
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
birman
yoruba
German Name
Birmanisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Yoruba people
Origin
1113 AD
4 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Yorùbá
Language Position
4349
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
yor
ISO 639 2/B
bur
yor
ISO 639 3
mya
yor
ISO 639 6
mya
yor
Glottocode
sout3159
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating