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Burmese vs Navajo


Navajo vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
United States of America   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
United States of America   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
North America   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Apache Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
12   
9

How Many Consonants
33   
23
34   
24

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Yá'át'ééh   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Ahéhee'   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Yá'át'ééh   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Yá'át'ééh abíní   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
T'aa shoodi   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Not available   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Hágoónee’   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Ayóó ánííníshí   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Shoohá   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Navajo1   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Arizona   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Navajo2   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
New Mexico   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Navajo3   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Utah   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
1.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Navaho   

French Name
birman   
navaho   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Navajo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Navajo people   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1500 CE   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Dené–Yeniseian Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Athapascan   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Navajo   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Navajo Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
nv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
nav   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
nav   

ISO 639 3
mya   
nav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
nava1243   

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   
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic   

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Burmese and Navajo Language History

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

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

Burmese vs Navajo Difficulty

The Burmese vs Navajo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Navajo 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 Navajo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Navajo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Navajo time required is 88 weeks.

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