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Burmese vs Chinese


Chinese vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Myanmar  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
24  
19

How Many Consonants
33  
23
23  
13

Scripts
Tangut  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Intha  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Burma  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Not Available  

French Name
birman  
chinois  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Han  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1250 BC  

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 Chinese  

Language Position
43  
32
1  
1

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
chi  

ISO 639 3
mya  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Burmese and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Chinese language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Burmese vs Chinese Difficulty

The Burmese vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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