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Japanese vs Burmese


Burmese vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Myanmar  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Mon  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
14  
4
33  
23

Scripts
Kana  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Intha  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
日本語  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
japonais  
birman  

German Name
Japanisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
1185  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
8  
8
43  
32

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
bur  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Japanese and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Burmese language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Burmese Language History.

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

Japanese vs Burmese Difficulty

The Japanese vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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