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Burmese vs Spanish


Spanish vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Myanmar  
Spain  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Mon  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
22  
12

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
hola  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Gracias  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Buenos Días  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
triste  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
adiós  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Intha  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Español  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
birman  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
210 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
43  
32
2  
2

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
spa  

ISO 639 3
mya  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Burmese and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Spanish language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Burmese vs Spanish Difficulty

The Burmese vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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