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Burmese vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Sweden  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Finland  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Mon  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
33  
23

Scripts
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hej  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
tacka dig  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
godnatt  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
god kväll  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
god morgon  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
vänligen  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
ledsen  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
hej då  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Intha  

Where They Speak
France  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
suédois  
birman  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
89  
99+
43  
40

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
bur  

ISO 639 3
swe  
mya  

ISO 639 6
swe  
mya  

Glottocode
swed1254  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Swedish and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Burmese language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century 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 Swedish and Burmese Language History.

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

Swedish vs Burmese Difficulty

The Swedish vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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