Countries
Myanmar
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
Slán
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
birman
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Burmese and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Irish language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Irish Difficulty
The Burmese vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.