Countries
Countries
Myanmar
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3341
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Mappila
Where They Speak
Myanmar
India
How Many People Speak
440,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Burma
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
90,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
birman
malayalam
German Name
Birmanisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Malayali
History
Origin
1113 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early form
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Malayalam
Language Position
4329
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
my
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
mal
ISO 639 2/B
bur
mal
ISO 639 3
mya
mal
ISO 639 6
mya
mal
Glottocode
sout3159
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic