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Countries
Myanmar  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Myanmar  
Portugal  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Mon  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Tangut  
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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Olá  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
bom Dia  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
pesaroso  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
tchau  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Intha  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Português  

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

French Name
birman  
portugais  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Portuguese  

Language Position
43  
40
6  
6

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
por  

ISO 639 3
mya  
por  

ISO 639 6
mya  
por  

Glottocode
sout3159  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

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 Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Portuguese language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Burmese vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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