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Burmese vs Slovak


Slovak vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Myanmar  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
15  
12

How Many Consonants
33  
23
38  
27

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Ahoj  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Dobré ráno  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Prosím  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Pardón!  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
birman  
slovaque  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
6th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Slovak  

Language Position
43  
40
27  
25

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
slo  

ISO 639 3
mya  
slk  

ISO 639 6
mya  
slk  

Glottocode
sout3159  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Burmese and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Slovak language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Burmese vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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