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Burmese and Sundanese


Sundanese and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
West Java  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
-  

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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Madurese and Malay Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
16  
6

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin, Sundanese  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
40 weeks  
15

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Halo  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Nuhun  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Kumaha kabarna?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Wilujeng kulem  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Wilujeng wengi  

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

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Wilujeng énjing  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Mangga  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Hapunten  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Wilujeng angkat  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Punten  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Western dialect  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Banten  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Bogor  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Intha  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Bandung  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
22

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Basa Sunda  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Priangan, Sunda  

French Name
birman  
soundanais  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Sundanesisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
5th century AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Sundanese  

Language Position
43  
40
42  
39

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Sundanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
su  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
sun  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
sun  

ISO 639 3
mya  
sun  

ISO 639 6
mya  
sun  

Glottocode
sout3159  
sund1251  

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

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Burmese and Sundanese Speaking population

Burmese and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Burmese vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Sundanese Language Codes

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

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