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Burmese and Sundanese


Sundanese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
West Java   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Indonesia   

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.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Madurese and Malay Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
16   
6

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin, Sundanese   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Halo   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Nuhun   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Kumaha kabarna?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Wilujeng kulem   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Wilujeng wengi   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Wilujeng siang   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Wilujeng énjing   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Mangga   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Hapunten   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Wilujeng angkat   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Punten   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Western dialect   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Banten   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Northern dialect   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Bogor   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Priangan dialect   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Bandung   

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
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Priangan, Sunda   

French Name
birman   
soundanais   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Sundanesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
5th century AD   

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   
Sundanese   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
su   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
sun   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
sun   

ISO 639 3
mya   
sun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
sund1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Sundanese Speaking population

Burmese and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Burmese vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Sundanese Language Codes

Burmese and Sundanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Sundanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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