Countries
Madagascar
Myanmar
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
- 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
Not Available
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Salama!
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Misaotra
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
azafady
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Veloma!
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Azafady
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Merina
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Not Available
Intha
Where They Speak
Not Available
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
malgache
birman
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Bamar people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indonesian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1537
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malagasy and Burmese Speaking population
Malagasy and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % 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 Malagasy and Burmese on Malagasy vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Burmese Language Codes
Malagasy and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.