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Burmese and Javanese


Javanese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Indonesia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Tangut   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Halo   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Not Available   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Indonesia   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
birman   
javanais   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
450 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Javanese   

Language Position
43   
32
11   
10

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
jav   

ISO 639 3
mya   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
java1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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

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Burmese and Javanese Speaking population

Burmese and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Burmese and Javanese on Burmese vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Javanese Language Codes

Burmese and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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