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Burmese vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Halo  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
maaf  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
birman  
indonésien  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
7th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Indonesian  

Language Position
43  
40
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
ind  

ISO 639 3
mya  
ind  

ISO 639 6
mya  
ind  

Glottocode
sout3159  
indo1316  

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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Burmese and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Indonesian language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Burmese and Indonesian Language History.

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Burmese and Indonesian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Indonesian language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Burmese vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Indonesian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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