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Yoruba vs Burmese


Burmese vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Myanmar  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Mon  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
17  
7
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
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
e dupe  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Jowo  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
binu  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
bye  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Ede  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
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
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
Yorùbá  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
yoruba  
birman  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
49  
36
43  
32

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
bur  

ISO 639 3
yor  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Yoruba and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Burmese language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC 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 Yoruba and Burmese Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Burmese Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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