Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Myanmar
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Myanmar
Second Language
Roman Empire
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Mon
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Thai Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Greece
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Where They Speak
Italy
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
birman
German Name
Neugriechisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Bamar people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
sout3159
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Greek 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 Greek and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Burmese language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Burmese Difficulty
The Greek vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.