Countries
Myanmar
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
New Zealand
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Māori 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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3320
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3310
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Hello
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Night pai
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Morning pai
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Tēnā
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Aroha mai
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
poroporoaki
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Arakanese
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Myanmar
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
440,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Burma
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
90,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
New Zealand Maori
French Name
birman
maori
German Name
Birmanisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Māori people
Origin
1113 AD
1814
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Maori
Language Position
4326
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
mri
ISO 639 2/B
bur
mao
ISO 639 3
mya
mri
ISO 639 6
mya
mri
Glottocode
sout3159
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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