Countries
Myanmar
China, Mongolia
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 in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Mongolia
Dialect 3
Intha
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Burma
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Mongolian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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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.
