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Burmese vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Myanmar  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

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.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
15  
12

How Many Consonants
33  
23
41  
30

Scripts
Tangut  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Israel, kerala  

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
India  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Intha  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Burma  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
38.00 million  
33

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)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
birman  
malayalam  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Malayali  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Malayalam  

Language Position
43  
32
29  
24

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
mal  

ISO 639 3
mya  
mal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Burmese and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Malayalam language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Burmese and Malayalam Language History.

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Burmese and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Malayalam language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Malayalam Difficulty

The Burmese vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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