Countries
Myanmar
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Philippines
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Thai Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3316
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Hoy
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Salamat
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Maayong Buntag
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Palihug
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Babay
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Boholano
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Bohol
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Myanmar
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
440,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
North Kana
Where They Speak
Burma
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
90,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
54
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 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
birman
cebuano
German Name
Birmanisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Cebuano people
Origin
1113 AD
16th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
4362
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
bur
ceb
ISO 639 3
mya
ceb
ISO 639 6
mya
ceb
Glottocode
sout3159
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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