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Malaysian and Burmese


Burmese and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Musi   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
10.00 million   
23

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   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
54   
39
43   
32

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
bur   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
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
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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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.

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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.

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