Countries
Myanmar
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Myanmar
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Mon
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Thai Language
Armenian
Derived From
Pali Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Greece
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Italy
Where They Speak
Burma
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
birman
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Birmanisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
sout3159
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Burmese and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Greek language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Greek Difficulty
The Burmese vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.