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Korean vs Burmese


Burmese vs 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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Korean and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Burmese language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Burmese Language History.

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

Korean vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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