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Burmese vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Myanmar   
China, Mongolia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
13   
10

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Tangut   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

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)   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Mongolia   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Intha   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
5.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Not Available   

French Name
birman   
mongol   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Mongolian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
mon   

ISO 639 3
mya   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
No data available   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Burmese and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Mongolian language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Mongolian Language History.

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

Burmese vs Mongolian Difficulty

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

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