Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Myanmar
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Mon
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
South Korea
Myanmar
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
coréen
birman
German Name
Koreanisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Bamar people
Origin
Before 1st century
1113 AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
sout3159
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
Korean 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 Korean and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Burmese language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Burmese Difficulty
The Korean vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.