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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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