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Georgian vs Burmese


Burmese vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   
Myanmar   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Mon   

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Anatolian Languages   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
28   
18
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
géorgien   
birman   

German Name
Georgisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
5th Century   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
120   
99+
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
bur   

ISO 639 3
kat   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Georgian and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Burmese language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century 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 Georgian and Burmese Language History.

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

Georgian vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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