National Language
Japan
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Mon
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
kansai
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
日本語
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
japonais
birman
German Name
Japanisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Bamar people
Language Family
Japonic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Japanese
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
sout3159
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All Japanese 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 Japanese and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Burmese Speaking population
Japanese and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Burmese on Japanese vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Burmese Language Codes
Japanese and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.