Countries
Japan
  
Myanmar
  
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 in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
43.00 million
  
30
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.