Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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.
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2133
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
matur nuwun
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
tolong
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Pamit
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kangean
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
110,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bawean
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Intha
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Burma
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Madurese
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
madourais
birman
German Name
Maduresisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[madura]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Bamar people
Origin
8th Century AD
1113 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Madurese
Modern Burmese
Language Position
6943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
mya
ISO 639 2/B
mad
bur
ISO 639 3
mad
mya
ISO 639 6
-
mya
Glottocode
madu1247
sout3159
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