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Burmese vs French


French vs Burmese


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Countries
Myanmar   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
32   
3

National Language
Myanmar   
France   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Mon   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
bonjour   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Merci   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Bonjour   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
désolé   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
au revoir   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
African French   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Africa   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
français   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Français   

French Name
birman   
français   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
9th Century   

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 French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Standard French   

Language Position
43   
32
13   
12

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
fre   

ISO 639 3
mya   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
sout3159   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Burmese and French Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and French language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French Language History.

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

Burmese vs French Difficulty

The Burmese vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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