Countries
Myanmar
South Africa
National Language
Myanmar
South Africa
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Thai Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
hallo
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Dankie
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
goeie nag
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
goeie more
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
asseblief
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
jammer
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Not Available
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Intha
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Burma
Namibia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Cape Dutch
French Name
birman
afrikaans
German Name
Birmanisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Afrikaners
Origin
1113 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
sout3159
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic
Burmese and Afrikaans 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 Burmese and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Afrikaans language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Burmese vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Burmese and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.