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Burmese and Madurese


Madurese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Kangean   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
110,000.00   
40

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Bawean   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Bangkalan   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.23 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
43   
32
69   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Burmese and Madurese 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 Madurese dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Madurese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Madurese Dialects are spoken in different Madurese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Madurese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Madurese dialects include: Kangean , Bawean. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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