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Burmese and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Myanmar   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Mon   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
33   
23

Scripts
Hangul   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Intha   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
coréen   
birman   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
12   
11
43   
32

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
bur   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Korean and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Burmese Speaking population

Korean and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Burmese on Korean vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Burmese Language Codes

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