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Burmese and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

National Language
France  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Mon  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Merci  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
désolé  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
au revoir  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
français  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

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

French Name
français  
birman  

German Name
Französisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
13  
12
43  
40

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
bur  

ISO 639 3
fra  
mya  

ISO 639 6
fras  
mya  

Glottocode
stan1290  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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French and Burmese Speaking population

French and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of French and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Burmese on French vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Burmese Language Codes

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