Countries
Myanmar
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
National Language
Myanmar
Malaysia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Thailand
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Thai Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Hai
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
terima kasih
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Selamat pagi
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
sila
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
maaf
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Indonesia
Where They Speak
Burma
Indonesia
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Not Available
French Name
birman
malais
German Name
Birmanisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Not Available
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
All Burmese and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Malaysian Speaking population
Burmese and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Burmese vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Malaysian Language Codes
Burmese and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.