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Burmese vs Armenian


Armenian vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Greek  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
32  
22

Scripts
Tangut  
Armenian manuscript  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Intha  
Not Applicable  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Not Applicable  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
Not Available  

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
birman  
arménien  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Armenians  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
43  
32
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
arm  

ISO 639 3
mya  
hye  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
No data available  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Burmese and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Armenian language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. 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 Armenian Language History.

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

Burmese vs Armenian Difficulty

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

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