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Burmese vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Mon   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
22   
12

Scripts
Tangut   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
будь ласк   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Burma   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Not Available   

French Name
birman   
ukrainien   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1561   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
43   
32
26   
22

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
mya   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

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 Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Ukrainian language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Burmese vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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