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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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