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Greek and Burmese


Burmese and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Mon   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
17   
7
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

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

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Griko   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
ελληνικά   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
birman   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
74   
99+
43   
32

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
bur   

ISO 639 3
ell   
mya   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Greek and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Burmese Speaking population

Greek and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Burmese on Greek vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Burmese Language Codes

Greek and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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