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Burmese vs Turkish


Turkish vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Myanmar  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

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)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
günaydın  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
lütfen  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
üzgünüm  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
birman  
turc  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
43  
40
19  
17

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
tur  

ISO 639 3
mya  
tur  

ISO 639 6
mya  
tur  

Glottocode
sout3159  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Burmese and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Turkish language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Burmese vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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