English

Burmese

English and Burmese

English

Burmese

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Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Myanmar

Total No. Of Countries

331

0 46

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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Myanmar

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Bangladesh, Burma

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Asia

Minority Language

South Africa

Mon

Regulated By

Myanmar Language Commission

Interesting Facts

Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Thai Language

Derived From

Latin

Pali Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2633

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512

0 32

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How Many Consonants

2133

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Tangut

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)

Thank You

Thank you

ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)

How Are You?

How are you?

နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)

Good Night

ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)

Good Evening

မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)

Good Afternoon

မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)

Good Morning

မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)

Please

ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)

Sorry

တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)

Bye

နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)

I Love You

I love you

မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)

Excuse Me

ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English

Arakanese

Where They Speak

United States of America

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.002,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English

Tavoyan

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

Myanmar

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00440,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Welsh English

Intha

Where They Speak

United Kingdom

Burma

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0090,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

1885

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million43.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.50 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

400.00 million33.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million10.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

English

ဗမာစကား (bama saka)

Alternative Names

English

Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa

French Name

anglais

birman

German Name

Englisch

Birmanisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

[bəmɛ̀]

Ethnicity

English people

Bamar people

History

Origin

5th Century AD

1113 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

Tibeto-Burman

Branch

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese

Standard Forms

Standard English

Modern Burmese

Language Position

343

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed English

Burmese sign language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng

mya

ISO 639 2/B

eng

bur

ISO 639 3

eng

mya

ISO 639 6

engs

mya

Glottocode

stan1293

sout3159

Linguasphere

52-ABA

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Analytic, Isolating

English and Burmese Alphabets

English and Burmese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Burmese. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn English and Burmese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Burmese languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Burmese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Burmese are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of English and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Burmese Speaking population

English and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Burmese on English vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Burmese Language Codes

English and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.