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Amharic vs Burmese


Burmese vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
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
Not Available  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
31  
21
33  
23

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
i'bakwon  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
tschao  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Showa  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
Not Available  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
amharique  
birman  

German Name
Amharisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
13th century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
55  
40
43  
32

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
bur  

ISO 639 3
amh  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Amharic and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Burmese language. History of Amharic 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 Amharic and Burmese Language History.

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

Amharic vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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