Countries
Myanmar
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Selam
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
tschao
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
birman
  
amharique
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Amharas
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Burmese and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Amharic language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Amharic Difficulty
The Burmese vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.