Countries
Myanmar
Benin, Nigeria
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Benin, Togo
Where They Speak
Burma
Nigeria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Yoruba people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Burmese and Yoruba 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 Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Yoruba Speaking population
Burmese and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Burmese vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Yoruba Language Codes
Burmese and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.