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Burmese vs Polish


Polish vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Myanmar  
Poland  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Mon  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
23  
13

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
cześć  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Dzień dobry  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
proszę  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Przepraszam  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
do widzenia  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Intha  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
birman  
polonais  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Poles  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1270  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Polish  

Language Position
43  
32
24  
20

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
pol  

ISO 639 3
mya  
pol  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
pols  

Glottocode
sout3159  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Burmese and Polish Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Polish language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Burmese vs Polish Difficulty

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

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