Countries
Myanmar
Indonesia
National Language
Myanmar
Indonesia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Thai Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Halo
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Sugeng énjing
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Not Available
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
birman
javanais
German Name
Birmanisch
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Javanese
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
All Burmese and Javanese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Burmese and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Javanese Speaking population
Burmese and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Burmese and Javanese on Burmese vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Javanese Language Codes
Burmese and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
