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Burmese vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Spain  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Mon  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Gràcies  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Bona nit  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Sisplau  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Perdó!  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Adéu  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
T'estimo  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
català  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
birman  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
32  
30
43  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
bur  

ISO 639 3
cat  
mya  

ISO 639 6
cat  
mya  

Glottocode
stan1289  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Catalan and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Burmese language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Catalan and Burmese Language History.

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

Catalan vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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