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Madurese vs Burmese


Burmese vs 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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Madurese and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Burmese language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Madurese and Burmese Language History.

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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.

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