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Arabic vs Burmese


Burmese vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Myanmar   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Mon   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
28   
18
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
شكرا   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
من فضلك   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
آسف   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
وداعا   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
أحبك   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

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

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
arabe   
birman   

German Name
Arabisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
512 CE   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
25   
21
43   
32

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
bur   

ISO 639 3
ara   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Arabic and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Burmese language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Burmese Language History.

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

Arabic vs Burmese Difficulty

The Arabic vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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