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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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