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Burmese vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
-  

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
31  
21

Scripts
Tangut  
Devanagari  

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
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Intha  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Burma  
-  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
birman  
goudjrati  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
15  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
43  
40
23  
21

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
guj  

ISO 639 3
mya  
guj  

ISO 639 6
mya  
guj  

Glottocode
sout3159  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Burmese and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Gujarati language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Burmese vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Burmese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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