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Tagalog vs Burmese


Burmese vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Mon  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
33  
23

Scripts
Baybayin  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Salamat po  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
pakiusap  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Paálam  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

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

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
13
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
Tagalog  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
tagalog  
birman  

German Name
Tagalog  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
1593  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
58  
99+
43  
32

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
bur  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
taga1269  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Tagalog and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Burmese language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 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 Tagalog and Burmese Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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