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Burmese
Burmese

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Malagasy



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Countries

Countries

Myanmar
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Myanmar
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Myanmar Language Commission
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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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Thai Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Pali Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3321
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3320
9 60
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Scripts

Tangut
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Salama!

Thank You

ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Misaotra

How Are You?

နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Alina tsara

Good Evening

မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Maraina tsara

Please

ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
azafady

Sorry

တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Miala tsiny

Bye

နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Veloma!

I Love You

မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Arakanese
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Merina

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tavoyan
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Myanmar
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

440,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Intha
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Burma
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How Many People Speak

90,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

52
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

43.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.50 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

33.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

birman
malgache

German Name

Birmanisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[bəmɛ̀]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Bamar people
Malagasy people

History

Origin

1113 AD
1000 AD

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Tibeto-Burman
Austronesian

Branch

-
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Burmese
standard Malagasy

Language Position

4384
1 120
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Signed Forms

Burmese sign language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

my
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mya
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

bur
mlg

ISO 639 3

mya
mlg

ISO 639 6

mya
mlg

Glottocode

sout3159
mala1537

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Burmese and Malagasy Alphabets

Burmese and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Burmese and Malagasy. In Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Burmese and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Burmese and Malagasy languages. The Burmese phonology consist Burmese vowels and Burmese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Burmese greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Burmese and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Burmese and Malagasy Speaking population

Burmese and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Burmese vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Malagasy Language Codes

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