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Burmese vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Myanmar  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
36  
26

Scripts
Tangut  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Intha  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
български (bãlgarski)  

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

French Name
birman  
bulgare  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
43  
40
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
bul  

ISO 639 3
mya  
bul  

ISO 639 6
mya  
buls  

Glottocode
sout3159  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Burmese and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Bulgarian language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Bulgarian Language History.

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

Burmese vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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