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
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Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
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
Second Language Speakers
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
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.
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.
