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Burmese vs Welsh


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Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

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.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
English Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Helô  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Diolch  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Nos da  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Bore da  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Hwyl  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

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

French Name
birman  
gallois  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Welsh  

Language Position
43  
40
31  
29

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
wel  

ISO 639 3
mya  
cym  

ISO 639 6
mya  
cym  

Glottocode
sout3159  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
No data available  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Burmese and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Welsh language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh Language History.

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

Burmese vs Welsh Difficulty

The Burmese vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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