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Burmese vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
31   
21

Scripts
Tangut   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
birman   
goudjrati   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
15   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
43   
32
23   
19

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
guj   

ISO 639 3
mya   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Burmese and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Gujarati language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Burmese vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Burmese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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