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 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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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
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?
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
Origin
1113 AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Austronesian
Branch
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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
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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