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Norwegian and Burmese


Burmese and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Myanmar  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Mon  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
takk  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
god natt  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Vær så snill  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
ha det  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

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

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
birman  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
18  
16
43  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
bur  

ISO 639 3
nor  
mya  

ISO 639 6
nor  
mya  

Glottocode
norw1258  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Norwegian and Burmese Speaking population

Norwegian and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % 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 Norwegian and Burmese on Norwegian vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Burmese Language Codes

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

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