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Burmese vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Czech Republic  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Xin chào  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Cam on  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Intha  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
birman  
vietnamien  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
43  
32
14  
13

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
vie  

ISO 639 3
mya  
vie  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Burmese and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Vietnamese language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Vietnamese Language History.

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

Burmese vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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