Countries
Myanmar
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Hola
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Bon dia
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
birman
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Burmese and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Catalan language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Catalan Difficulty
The Burmese vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.