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Burmese and Greek


Greek and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Myanmar   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Mon   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
33   
23
17   
7

Scripts
Tangut   
Arabic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Intha   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
birman   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
43   
32
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
gre   

ISO 639 3
mya   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
sout3159   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
No data available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Burmese and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Burmese and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Burmese and Greek Speaking population

Burmese and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Burmese and Greek on Burmese vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Greek Language Codes

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