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Filipino and Burmese


Burmese and Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Philippines  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Salamat  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Kumusta  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
magandang gabi  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Mangyaring  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Paalam  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Mahal kita  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Waray  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
filipino  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
birman  

German Name
Pilipino  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Filipino people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
34  
32
43  
40

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
bur  

ISO 639 3
fil  
mya  

ISO 639 6
fil  
mya  

Glottocode
fili1244  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Filipino and Burmese Speaking population

Filipino and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % 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 Filipino and Burmese on Filipino vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Burmese Language Codes

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

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