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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Arakanese
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
African French
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Africa
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Intha
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Burma
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]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Bamar people
Origin
9th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Romance
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Standard French
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
sout3159
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
French and Burmese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where French and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Burmese language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common French Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Burmese Difficulty
The French vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Burmese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare French and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.