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Burmese vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Haiti  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Mon  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

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.
  
  • In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
  • In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Bonjou  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Souple  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Dezole  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Babay  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Intha  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
birman  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Haitians  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
43  
40
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
hat  

ISO 639 3
mya  
hat  

ISO 639 6
mya  
hat  

Glottocode
sout3159  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Burmese and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Haitian Creole language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Haitian Creole language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Burmese vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

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

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