Countries
Myanmar
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Indonesia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
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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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Thai Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3316
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Halo
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Nuhun
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Mangga
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Hapunten
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Punten
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Banten
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Bogor
How Many People Speak
440,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Burma
Bandung
How Many People Speak
90,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
birman
soundanais
German Name
Birmanisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
1113 AD
5th century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indonesian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Sundanese
Language Position
4342
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
sun
ISO 639 2/B
bur
sun
ISO 639 3
mya
sun
ISO 639 6
mya
sun
Glottocode
sout3159
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
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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