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Burmese vs Estonian


Estonian vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Myanmar   
Estonia, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Mon   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
18   
8

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Tere   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
aitäh   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Tere hommikust   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Palun   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Vabandust   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Head aega   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Burma   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Eesti keel   

French Name
birman   
estonien   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Estonians   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Estonian   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
est   

ISO 639 3
mya   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Burmese and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Estonian language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Burmese vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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