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Malayalam and Burmese


Burmese and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Myanmar   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Mon   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
12   
9

How Many Consonants
41   
30
33   
23

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
India   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Intha   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
malayalam   
birman   

German Name
Malayalam   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
29   
24
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
bur   

ISO 639 3
mal   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
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
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Malayalam and Burmese Speaking population

Malayalam and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Burmese on Malayalam vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Burmese Language Codes

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