Countries
Myanmar
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
birman
  
madourais
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Madurese
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Burmese and Madurese Speaking population
Burmese and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Burmese vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Madurese Language Codes
Burmese and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.