Countries
Myanmar
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Ireland
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Mon
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3318
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3313
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
le do thoil
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Tá brón orm
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Slán
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Connacht
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Munster
How Many People Speak
440,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Burma
Ulster
How Many People Speak
90,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
birman
irlandais moyen
German Name
Birmanisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Irish people
Origin
1113 AD
c. 750
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
4325
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
gle
ISO 639 2/B
bur
gle
ISO 639 3
mya
gle
ISO 639 6
mya
gle
Glottocode
sout3159
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional