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English vs Burmese


Burmese vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Myanmar   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Mon   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
Thank you   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
How are you?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
Good Night   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

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

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

Good Morning
Good Morning   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
Please   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
Sorry   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Bye   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
I love you   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Intha   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
English   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
anglais   
birman   

German Name
Englisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
3   
3
43   
32

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
bur   

ISO 639 3
eng   
mya   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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English and Burmese Language History

Comparison of English vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of English and Burmese language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Burmese Language History.

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

English vs Burmese Difficulty

The English vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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