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Somali vs Burmese


Burmese vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Somalia  
Myanmar  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Mon  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • 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
Afar and Oromo Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Fadlan  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
sorry  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
af Soomaali  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
somali  
birman  

German Name
Somali  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
19th century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
83  
99+
43  
32

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
bur  

ISO 639 3
som  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Somali and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Burmese language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali and Burmese Language History.

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

Somali vs Burmese Difficulty

The Somali vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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