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Burmese vs Shona


Shona vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Mon  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
Not Available  

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
46  
34

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Mhoro  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Masikati  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Mangwanani  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
bye  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Zimbabwe  

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Intha  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Burma  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
birman  
shona  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Not Available  

Language Position
43  
32
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
sna  

ISO 639 3
mya  
sna  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Burmese and Shona Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Shona language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Shona Language History.

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

Burmese vs Shona Difficulty

The Burmese vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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