Countries
Madagascar
Myanmar
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
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Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
- 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
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Salama!
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Misaotra
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
azafady
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Veloma!
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Azafady
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Merina
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Intha
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
malgache
birman
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Bamar people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
mala1537
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Malagasy and Burmese 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 Malagasy and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Burmese language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Burmese Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Burmese 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 Malagasy and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is 30 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.