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Vietnamese and Burmese


Burmese and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Mon  

Regulated By
-  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Cam on  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
xin vui lòng  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
vietnamien  
birman  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
14  
13
43  
40

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
bur  

ISO 639 3
vie  
mya  

ISO 639 6
vie  
mya  

Glottocode
viet1252  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Vietnamese and Burmese Speaking population

Vietnamese and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Burmese on Vietnamese vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Burmese Language Codes

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