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Burmese vs Swedish


Swedish vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Myanmar   
Sweden   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Mon   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
18   
8

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)   
hej   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
hur mår du   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
godnatt   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
god morgon   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
vänligen   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
ledsen   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
hej då   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Intha   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Burma   
France   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
birman   
suédois   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
13th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
43   
32
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
swe   

ISO 639 3
mya   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Burmese and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Swedish language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Burmese vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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