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Greek vs Burmese


Burmese vs 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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
90,000.00  
99+

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 %  
31

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
10.00 million  
99+

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]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

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
-  
-  

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  
40

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  
mya  

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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Greek and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Burmese language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Burmese Language History.

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

Greek vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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