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Malayalam and Burmese


Burmese and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Mon  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
12  
9

How Many Consonants
41  
30
33  
23

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

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

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
India  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Intha  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
malayalam  
birman  

German Name
Malayalam  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
29  
27
43  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
bur  

ISO 639 3
mal  
mya  

ISO 639 6
mal  
mya  

Glottocode
mala1464  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Malayalam and Burmese Speaking population

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

Malayalam and Burmese Language Codes

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

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