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Xhosa vs Burmese


Burmese vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Mon   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
43   
32
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Molo   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Unjani   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

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

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
Molo   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
Ndicela   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

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

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Intha   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
isiXhosa   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
xhosa   
birman   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
16th Century   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
Not Available   
43   
32

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
bur   

ISO 639 3
xho   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Xhosa and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Burmese language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Burmese Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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