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Burmese and Irish


Irish and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Myanmar  
Ireland  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
13  
3

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
le do thoil  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Slán  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
1.65 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
birman  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Irish people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
c. 750  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
43  
40
25  
23

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
gle  

ISO 639 3
mya  
gle  

ISO 639 6
mya  
gle  

Glottocode
sout3159  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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

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Burmese and Irish Speaking population

Burmese and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 %. 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 Burmese and Irish on Burmese vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Irish Language Codes

Burmese and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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