Countries
West Java
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
Mangga
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Not Available
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
soundanais
  
birman
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
Modern Burmese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Sundanese 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 Sundanese and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sundanese and Burmese language. Sundanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Sundanese Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sundanese vs Burmese Difficulty
The Sundanese vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sundanese 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 Sundanese and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sundanese and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sundanese is Not Available while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.