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The Burmese language (or မြန်မာဘာသာ, pronounced as [mjəmà bàðà]) is the official language of Burma and is spoken by 32 million people. It is a member of the Tibeto-Burman language family and since the 6th century till present uses the Burmese script, derived from the Old Mon script and ultimately from the Brāhmī script. The Burmese or Mon writing system is in abugida (one sign for different consonant-vowel units), goes from left to right and requires no spaces between words
Writing system: Burmese (Mon) script
Official language in: Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)
The Bulgarian language (or български език, pronounced [ˈbəlgarski ɛz’ik] in Bulgarian) is known to be the first written Slavic language (9th century A.D.). There are 3 periods in the evolution of the language – Old, Middle and Modern Bulgarian, the latter dates from as far back as the 16th century. Several characteristics set this language apart from all the other Slavic languages: the elimination of case declension, the development of a suffixed definite article, the lack of a verb infinitive and the existence of evidential verb forms expressing unwitnessed, retold, and doubtful action.
Writing system: Cyrillic (Bulgarian alphabet)
Official language in: Bulgaria; European Union; Mount Athos, Greece
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The Bosnian language (or bosanski/босански, pronounced [‘bɒsanski] in Bosnian) is a South Slavic language which has developed itself from the Indo-European language group based on a dialect called Shtokavian dialect. It’s spoken primarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the region of Sandzak in Serbia and Montenegro. The language officially uses both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, although the latter goes into rapid decline.
Writing system: Latin (Gaj), Cyrillic (Serbian Cyrillic)
Official language in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bengali (or বাংলা, pronounced [ˈbaŋla]) is the language native to the region of Bengal, which comprises present-day Bangladesh and the Indian states West Bengal, Tripura and southern Assam. It is written using the Bengali script which is in abugida – consonant–vowel sequences are written as a unit. With about 220 million native and about 250 million total speakers, Bengali is one of the most spoken languages, ranked seventh in the world. The modern literary form of Bengali was developed during the 19th and early 20th centuries based on the dialect spoken in the Nadia region.
Writing system: Bengali alphabet
Official language in: Bangladesh, India
Azerbaijani or Azeri language (Azərbaycan dili, pronounced [a’zərbaɪ’dʒan dɪ’lɪ]) belongs to the Turkic language family. The historical development of Azeri can be divided into two periods: early (c. 16th to 18th century) and modern (18th century to present). Early Azeri contained a much larger number of Persian and Arabic words, phrases and elements, and before 1929 was written only in the Perso-Arabic script. After that a Latin alphabet was used for North Azeri (different from the one now). From 1938 to 1991 the Cyrillic script was in use and in 1991 was introduced the current Latin alphabet.
Writing system: Latin
Official language in: Azerbaijan, Dagestan (Russia)
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The Armenian language (or հայերեն, pronounced [hɑjɛˈɾɛn]) is of great interest to linguists for its distinctive phonological developments within the Indo-European family of languages. Armenian has its own unique script – the Armenian alphabet – invented in 405–406 AD by the ancient linguist and cleric Mesrop Mashtots. The Old Armenian was the only written form of the language from the 5th to the 19th century but meanwhile two dialects have gradually distinguished themselves: Eastern and Western. However, only the Eastern dialect is taught as the written form at school nowadays, even though the Western dialect is more widely spoken.
Writing system: Armenian alphabet
Official language in: Armenia; Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Arabic language (or العربية, pronounced [al araˈbijja] is the common name of all the varieties of Classical Arabic language descended both in literary and spoken forms since the 6th century, when the earliest Arabic inscriptions date back to. Arabic belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family and is closely related to Aramaic, Hebrew, Ugaritic and Phoenician. It is written from right-to-left with the Arabic alphabet, which is an abjad script – each symbol stands for a consonant, leaving the reader to supply the appropriate vowel.
Writing system: Arabic alphabet
Official language in: 27 states among which Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Morroco, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
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Amharic (or አማርኛ, pronounced [ɑːmˈhɑrɪk]) is a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. It is the second-most spoken Semitic language in the world, after Arabic, and the official working language of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. It is written left-to-right using the Amharic script which is an abugida – each character of the alphabet represents a consonant+vowel sequence.
Writing system: Ge’ez (Amharic alphabet)
Official language in: Ethiopia and the following specific regions: Addis Ababa City Council, Amhara Region, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Dire Dawa Administrative council, Gambela Region, SNNPR
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