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Burmese vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Myanmar   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Mon   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Kazakh language agency   

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.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
17   
7

Scripts
Tangut   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
bye   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Kazakhstan   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
birman   
kazakh   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Kazakh   

Language Position
43   
32
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
mya   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Burmese and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Kazakh language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh Language History.

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

Burmese vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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