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Burmese vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Philippines  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
16  
6

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Hoy  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Salamat  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Palihug  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Babay  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Intha  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Burma  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
birman  
cebuano  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
16th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
43  
40
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
mya  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
mya  
ceb  

Glottocode
sout3159  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Burmese and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Cebuano language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Cebuano Language History.

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

Burmese vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Burmese vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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