Countries
Countries
Myanmar
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Ethiopia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Somalia
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Thai Language
Somali Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3334
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1210
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3324
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeksNA
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
akkam
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Maaloo
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
naa dhiisi
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Borana
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Orma
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Kenya
How Many People Speak
440,000.0066,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Intha
Wata
Where They Speak
Burma
Kenya
How Many People Speak
90,000.0013,000.00
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
517
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.36 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million24.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 millionNA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
birman
galla
German Name
Birmanisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Oromos
History
Origin
1113 AD
16
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
4391
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
my
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
orm
ISO 639 2/B
bur
orm
ISO 639 3
mya
orm
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
nucl1736
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available