Countries
Myanmar
Madagascar
National Language
Myanmar
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Thai Language
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Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Salama!
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Misaotra
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Maraina tsara
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
azafady
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Miala tsiny
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Veloma!
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Merina
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Intha
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
birman
malgache
German Name
Birmanisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Bamar people
Malagasy people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Austronesian
Branch
Not Available
Indonesian
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sout3159
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Burmese and Malagasy 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 Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Malagasy Speaking population
Burmese and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Burmese vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Malagasy Language Codes
Burmese and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.