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Burmese vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
26  
16

Scripts
Tangut  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
жал (žal)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
birman  
macédonien  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Macedonian  

Language Position
43  
40
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
mac  

ISO 639 3
mya  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
mya  
mkd  

Glottocode
sout3159  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic  

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Burmese and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Macedonian language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Burmese vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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