Countries
Myanmar
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-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)
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
maaf
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
birman
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
7th Century
  
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
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
indo1316
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Burmese and Indonesian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Indonesian language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Burmese vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Indonesian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.