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Irish vs Burmese


Burmese vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ireland  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Ireland  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Mon  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
  • 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
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
13  
3
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
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
le do thoil  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Slán  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
birman  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
c. 750  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Goidelic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
25  
23
43  
40

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
bur  

ISO 639 3
gle  
mya  

ISO 639 6
gle  
mya  

Glottocode
iris1253  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Irish and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Burmese language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 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 Irish and Burmese Language History.

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

Irish vs Burmese Difficulty

The Irish vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish 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 Irish and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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