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Burmese vs Swedish


Swedish vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Myanmar  
Sweden  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
18  
8

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)  
hej  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
hur mår du  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
godnatt  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
god morgon  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
vänligen  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
ledsen  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
hej då  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Intha  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Burma  
France  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
birman  
suédois  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
13th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
43  
40
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
swe  

ISO 639 3
mya  
swe  

ISO 639 6
mya  
swe  

Glottocode
sout3159  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

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 Swedish Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Swedish language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Burmese vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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