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
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
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
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Burmese and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Malagasy language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Burmese vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.