Countries
Myanmar
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Habari
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
pole
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
bye
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Dar es Salaam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
birman
  
swahili
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
6th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Burmese and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Swahili language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Swahili Difficulty
The Burmese vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.