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Burmese vs Albanian


Albanian vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Myanmar   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

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

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

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.
  
  • 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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Similar To
Thai Language   
Romanian   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
33   
23
29   
19

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   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Ju faleminderit   

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

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
mirëmengjes   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Me fal   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Gheg Albanian   

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

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Tosk Albanian   

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

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Intha   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Not Available   

French Name
birman   
albanais   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Albanians   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Standard Albanian   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
alb   

ISO 639 3
mya   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
No data available   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Burmese and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Albanian language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 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 Burmese and Albanian Language History.

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Burmese and Albanian 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 Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Albanian language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Albanian Difficulty

The Burmese vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Albanian 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 Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.

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