缅甸语
语言
缅甸语 ,简称缅语(缅甸语:မြန်မာဘာသာ,缅甸语委转写:Mranma bhasa,发音:[mjəmà bàθà])属汉藏语系藏缅语族,以仰光音为标准。它是缅甸联邦的官方语言,在该国有大约3200万人使用,而且在孟加拉国、马来西亚、泰国、美国也有少量分布。
缅甸语 | |
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မြန်မာဘာသာ myanma bhatha | |
区域 | 缅甸 泰国 孟加拉 寮国 马来西亚 新加坡 澳大利亚 美国 |
母语使用人数 | 3320万 (2007年)[1] 第二语言:1000万(日期不详)[2] |
语系 | |
文字 | 缅文 |
官方地位 | |
作为官方语言 | 缅甸
东南亚国家联盟 |
管理机构 | 缅甸语委员会 |
语言代码 | |
ISO 639-1 | my |
ISO 639-2 | bur (B) mya (T) |
ISO 639-3 | mya |
入声独立算的话,缅甸语一共有四个声调,分别是高平、高降、低平、高降喉塞。
缅甸文字的特征是它呈圆形,这是因为古时候的缅甸文是书写在棕榈叶上的,必须设计圆弧形的笔划才能避免划破叶面。字符的构成是以辅音字母与元音拼合后形成音节符号。
历史演变
缅甸文在某种程度上代表古缅甸语,因此可以用缅甸文的罗马转写来推测古缅甸文的发音,从此也可以看出其与仰光话之间的巨大的区别。
缅甸文的拉丁字母转写方案主要有John Okell制定的Okell拼音,缅甸语委会制定的语委拼音等。
音系
声调
古缅甸语有三个声调,但其在12世纪的确切音值不清楚。仰光话按调值分保持了这三个声调:
- 第一声:低平调334(在开音节中,用短元音符号表示,在闭音节中,在基本辅音之下加一个点)
- 第二声:高平调554(在音节后加双空心点符号)
- 第三声:高降调53(在开音节中,用长元音符号表示,在闭音节中,没有特殊的符号)
古缅甸文的塞音韵尾演变成喉塞音,可以算作第四个声调,但其调值和第三声53一样。
声调 | 缅文名 | 国际音标 (a的声调) |
标记 (附加于a) |
特征 | 延时 |
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低平 | နိမ့်သံ | [aː˧˧˦] | à | 惯常 | 中 |
高平 | တက်သံ | [aː˥˥˦] | á | 有时略带气声 | 长 |
高降 | သက်သံ | [aˀ˥˧] | a̰ | 紧喉音,有时略带喉塞 | 中 |
高降喉塞 | တိုင်သံ | [ăʔ˥˧] | aʔ | 带喉塞 | 短 |
古缅甸文的鼻音韵尾演变成鼻化元音,调值可以是上面三个中的任何一个。
韵尾
古缅甸语的阳声韵的韵尾在现代仰光话中一律合并为一个鼻音-ɴ,仰光话拉丁转写用-n表示。古缅甸语的入声韵的韵尾在现代仰光话中一律合并为一个喉塞音-ʔ,仰光话拉丁转写用-t表示。
辅音
双唇音 | 齿音 | 齿龈音 | 舌面音 和软颚音 |
硬颚音和 唇化舌根音 |
喉音 | 无发音部位 | |
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塞音和塞擦音 | pʰ p b | tʰ t d | tʃʰ tʃ dʒ | kʰ k g | ʔ | ||
鼻音 | m̥ m | n̥ n | ɲ̥ ɲ | ŋ̊ ŋ | ~ (鼻化元音) | ||
擦音 | θ (ð) | sʰ s z | ʃ | h | |||
半元音 | (r) | j | (ʍ) w | ||||
边音 | l̥ l |
引用
- ^ Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin
- ^ Burmese于《民族语》的链接(第15版,2005年)
- ^ Sagart et al. (2019),第10319–10320页.
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参见
外部链接
维基百科提供如下语言版本: Burmese维基百科
- 维基导游上有关Burmese phrasebook的旅行指南
- Omniglot: Burmese Language (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Learn Burmese online (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Online Burmese lessons (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Burmese language resources (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) from SOAS
- E-books for children with narration in Burmese. Unite for Literacy library. [2014-06-21]. (原始内容存档于2021-05-03).
- Myanmar Unicode and NLP Research Center
- Myanmar 3 font and keyboard (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Burmese online dictionary (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) (Unicode)
- Ayar Myanmar online dictionary (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Myanmar unicode character table (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
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