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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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
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
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
mg
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Burmese language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Burmese Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.