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Madurese and Burmese


Burmese and Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura   
Myanmar   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Mon   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Malay and Javanese Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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
Not Available   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
40
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Bawean   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Bangkalan   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.23 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Madurese   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
madourais   
birman   

German Name
Maduresisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Madurese   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
Not Available   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Madurese   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
69   
99+
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
mad   
bur   

ISO 639 3
mad   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
madu1247   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Madurese and Burmese Speaking population

Madurese and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % 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 Madurese and Burmese on Madurese vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Madurese and Burmese Language Codes

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

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