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Burmese vs Korean


Korean vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Myanmar  
North Korea, South Korea  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
21  
18

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Tangut  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Intha  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Burma  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
birman  
coréen  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Koreans  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
43  
32
12  
11

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
kor  

ISO 639 3
mya  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Burmese and Korean Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Korean language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

Burmese vs Korean Difficulty

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

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