Countries
Myanmar
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Haiti
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Mon
Cuba
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Thai Language
French Language
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3320
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Bonjou
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Mèsi
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Bon apre-midi
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Souple
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Dezole
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Babay
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
440,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Burma
Cayes
How Many People Speak
90,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
birman
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Birmanisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Haitians
Origin
1113 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Haitian Creole
Language Position
4399
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
hat
ISO 639 2/B
bur
hat
ISO 639 3
mya
hat
ISO 639 6
mya
hat
Glottocode
sout3159
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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