Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Myanmar
National Language
China, Taiwan
Myanmar
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Mon
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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.
Similar To
Not Available
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Arakanese
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Myanmar
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Burma
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
chinois
birman
German Name
Chinesisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Han
Bamar people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sini1245
sout3159
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Chinese and Burmese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Burmese Speaking population
Chinese and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Burmese on Chinese vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Burmese Language Codes
Chinese and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.