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Burmese vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Mon   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
26   
16

Scripts
Tangut   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
жал (žal)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
birman   
macédonien   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Macedonian   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
mac   

ISO 639 3
mya   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic   

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Burmese and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Macedonian language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Burmese vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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