Countries
Myanmar
  
Hong Kong, Macau
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
China, Guangdong
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Hawaii
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
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.
  
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
您好
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
谢谢
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
你好吗?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
晚安
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
晚上好
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
下午好
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
早上好
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
请
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
遗憾
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
再见
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
我爱你
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
原谅我
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Guangzhou
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
outside mainland China
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Xiguan
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Hong Kong
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Hong Kong
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Hong Kong
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
52.00 million
  
21
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
French Name
birman
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
17th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
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
  
Standard Cantonese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
cant1236
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Burmese and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Cantonese language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Burmese vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.