Countries
Myanmar
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Somalia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Mon
Yemen
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3321
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
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 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Hello
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Fadlan
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
sorry
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
440,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Intha
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Burma
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
90,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
birman
somali
German Name
Birmanisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Somalis
Origin
1113 AD
19th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Somali
Language Position
4383
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
som
ISO 639 2/B
bur
som
ISO 639 3
mya
som
ISO 639 6
mya
som
Glottocode
sout3159
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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