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Burmese vs Dutch


Dutch vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Myanmar  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Mon  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Hallo  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
goedemorgen  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
sorry  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
vaarwel  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
birman  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
43  
40
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
dut  

ISO 639 3
mya  
nld  

ISO 639 6
mya  
nld  

Glottocode
sout3159  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Burmese and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Dutch language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Burmese vs Dutch Difficulty

The Burmese vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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