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Irish vs Burmese


Burmese vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ireland   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Ireland   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Mon   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
13   
3
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
le do thoil   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Slán   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

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

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
birman   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
c. 750   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Goidelic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
Not Available   
43   
32

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
bur   

ISO 639 3
gle   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Irish and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Burmese language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 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 Irish and Burmese Language History.

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

Irish vs Burmese Difficulty

The Irish vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish 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 Irish and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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