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Dutch vs Burmese


Burmese vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Myanmar   

Second Language
South Africa   
Bangladesh, Burma   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Mon   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
alsjeblieft   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
sorry   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
vaarwel   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
pardon   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Nederlands   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
birman   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
48   
35
43   
32

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
bur   

ISO 639 3
nld   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Dutch and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Burmese language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Dutch and Burmese Language History.

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

Dutch vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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