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Burmese vs Greek


Greek vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
33  
23
17  
7

Scripts
Tangut  
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

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
[bəmɛ̀]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
43  
40
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
gre  

ISO 639 3
mya  
ell  

ISO 639 6
mya  
ells  

Glottocode
sout3159  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data available  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Burmese and Greek Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Greek language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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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.

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