Countries
Indonesia
Myanmar
National Language
Indonesia
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Halo
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
matur nuwun
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Not Available
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
basa Jawa
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
javanais
birman
German Name
Javanisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Bamar people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Javanese
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
java1253
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
All Javanese and Burmese 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 Javanese and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Burmese Speaking population
Javanese and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Javanese and Burmese on Javanese vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Burmese Language Codes
Javanese and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.