Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Myanmar
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
مرحبا
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
شكرا
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
تصبح على خير
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
مساء الخير
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
صباح الخير
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
من فضلك
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
آسف
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
وداعا
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
أحبك
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
اعذرني
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Sudan
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Levantine
Intha
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Burma
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Arabisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Bamar people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
arab1395
sout3159
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Arabic 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 Arabic and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Burmese language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Burmese Difficulty
The Arabic vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.