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Vietnamese vs Burmese


Burmese vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Mon  

Regulated By
-  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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 Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Cam on  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
xin vui lòng  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
vietnamien  
birman  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
14  
13
43  
40

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
bur  

ISO 639 3
vie  
mya  

ISO 639 6
vie  
mya  

Glottocode
viet1252  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Vietnamese and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Burmese language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Burmese Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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