Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Myanmar
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Asante
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
tafadhali
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
pole
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
nakupenda
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Samahani
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
swahili
birman
German Name
Swahili
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Bamar people
Origin
6th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Swahili 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 Swahili and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Burmese language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Burmese Difficulty
The Swahili vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.