Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Myanmar
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 in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
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
Not Available
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kangean
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Intha
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
Not Available
1113 AD
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
Madurese
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
my
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
madu1247
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Madurese and Burmese 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 Madurese and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Burmese language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Burmese Difficulty
The Madurese vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Burmese 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 Madurese and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.