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Ilocano and Burmese


Burmese and Ilocano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
  • 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, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
33  
23

Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kablaaw  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Agyamanak  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Kumusta?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Naimbag a rabii  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
mangngegda  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Agpakawanak  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Pakada  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Ayayatenka  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Balangao  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
21,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bontoc  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
41,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.10 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
9.10 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ilokano  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
ilocano  
birman  

German Name
Ilokano-Sprache  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Ilocano people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
18th 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
Modern Ilocano  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
94  
99+
43  
40

Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ilo  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
ilo  
bur  

ISO 639 3
ilo  
mya  

ISO 639 6
ilo  
mya  

Glottocode
ilok1237  
sout3159  

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

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Ilocano and Burmese Speaking population

Ilocano and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % 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 Ilocano and Burmese on Ilocano vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ilocano and Burmese Language Codes

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

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