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Burmese vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Myanmar  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
2  
1

How Many Consonants
33  
23
60  
36

Scripts
Tangut  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Not Available  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Not Available  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Not available  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Abkhazia  

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Intha  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
Not Available  

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
birman  
abkhaze  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
43  
32
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
abk  

ISO 639 3
mya  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
sout3159  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Burmese and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Abkhaz language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. 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 Burmese and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Burmese vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Burmese vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Burmese and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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