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Navajo and Burmese


Burmese and Navajo


Countries

Countries
United States of America  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
United States of America  
Myanmar  

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

Speaking Continents
North America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
-  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
  • 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
Apache Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
34  
24
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Yá'át'ééh  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Ahéhee'  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
T'aa shoodi  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Nízhdził  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Hágoónee’  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Shoohá  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navajo1  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Arizona  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Navajo2  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
New Mexico  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Navajo3  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Utah  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
120,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

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

French Name
navaho  
birman  

German Name
Navajo-Sprache  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈnævəhoʊ]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Navajo people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
1500 CE  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Athapascan  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Navajo  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
29  
27
43  
40

Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nv  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nav  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
nav  
bur  

ISO 639 3
nav  
mya  

ISO 639 6
nav  
mya  

Glottocode
nava1243  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Navajo 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 Navajo and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Navajo and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Navajo are spoken in different Navajo Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Navajo vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Navajo dialects include: Navajo1, Navajo2. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Navajo and Burmese Speaking population

Navajo and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 % 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 Navajo and Burmese on Navajo vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Navajo and Burmese Language Codes

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