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Turkish vs Burmese


Burmese vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Mon   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
günaydın   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
lütfen   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Türkçe   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
turc   
birman   

German Name
Türkisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
19   
17
43   
32

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
bur   

ISO 639 3
tur   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Turkish and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Burmese language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Burmese Language History.

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

Turkish vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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