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Maltese and Burmese


Burmese and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Myanmar  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Mon  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
24  
14
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Grazzi  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Skużani!  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Ċaw  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Intha  

Where They Speak
-  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

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

French Name
maltais  
birman  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
25  
23
43  
40

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
bur  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
mya  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
mya  

Glottocode
malt1254  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Maltese and Burmese Speaking population

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