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Albanian vs Burmese


Burmese vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Mon  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • 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
Romanian  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
29  
19
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Ju lutem  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Me fal  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
mirupafshim  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

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

French Name
albanais  
birman  

German Name
Albanisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
14  
13
43  
40

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
bur  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
mya  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
mya  

Glottocode
alba1267  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Albanian and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Burmese language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Burmese Language History.

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Albanian and Burmese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Burmese language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Burmese Difficulty

The Albanian vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Burmese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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