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Burmese vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Philippines  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
18  
8

Scripts
Tangut  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
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)  
Kamusta  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
pakiusap  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Paálam  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Intha  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Philippines  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
birman  
tagalog  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1593  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Filipino  

Language Position
43  
40
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
mya  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
mya  
tgl  

Glottocode
sout3159  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Burmese and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Tagalog language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Tagalog Language History.

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

Burmese vs Tagalog Difficulty

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

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