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Japanese and Burmese


Burmese and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
14  
4
33  
23

Scripts
Kana  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Intha  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

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

French Name
japonais  
birman  

German Name
Japanisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
1185  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
8  
8
43  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
bur  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
mya  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
mya  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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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.

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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.

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