Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Myanmar
National Language
Malaysia
Myanmar
Second Language
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Mon
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hai
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
terima kasih
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
sila
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
maaf
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Burma
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
malais
birman
German Name
Malaiisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Bamar people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1306
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malaysian and Burmese Speaking population
Malaysian and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Burmese on Malaysian vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Burmese Language Codes
Malaysian and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
