Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Myanmar
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Asante
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
tafadhali
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
pole
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
nakupenda
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Samahani
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Burma
Native Name
Kiswahili
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
swahili
birman
German Name
Swahili
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Bamar people
Origin
6th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating
All Swahili 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 Swahili and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Burmese Speaking population
Swahili and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Burmese on Swahili vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Burmese Language Codes
Swahili and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.