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Burmese Language



Countries

Countries
Myanmar

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Myanmar

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma

Speaking Continents
Asia

Minority Language
Mon

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.

Similar To
Thai Language

Derived From
Pali Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
33 15

Phonology

How Many Vowels
12 9

How Many Consonants
33 23

Scripts
Tangut

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00 55

Dialect 2
Tavoyan

Where They Speak
Myanmar

How Many People Speak
440,000.00 72

Dialect 3
Intha

Where They Speak
Burma

How Many People Speak
90,000.00 71

Total No. Of Dialects
5 5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million 30

Speaking Population
0.50 % 31

Native Speakers
33.00 million 28

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million 41

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa

French Name
birman

German Name
Birmanisch

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]

Ethnicity
Bamar people

History

Origin
1113 AD

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese

Language Position
43 40

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language

Scope
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1
my

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
mya

ISO 639 2/B
bur

ISO 639 3
mya

ISO 639 6
mya

Glottocode
sout3159

Linguasphere
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating

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Origin of Burmese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Burmese language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Burmese language states that it was put to use in 1113 AD. The history of Burmese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Burmese Language History.The evolution of Burmese language began with early forms such as Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese. Modern Burmese is the standard form of Burmese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Burmese Language.

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Burmese population

Burmese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Burmese language. Burmese language is spoken by 43.00 million people in the world. Most of the Burmese population lies in the Burmese Speaking Countries. Burmese language is spoken as first language by 33.00 million people and as second language by about 10.00 million people. Get to know Burmese speaking population in detail.

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Burmese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Burmese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Burmese language. Some languages share common writing systems. Tangut script is used by Burmese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Burmese language

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