Countries
West Java
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
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
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1633
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Nuhun
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Mangga
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Hapunten
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Punten
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Banten
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Bogor
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Intha
Where They Speak
Bandung
Burma
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
soundanais
birman
German Name
Sundanesisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Bamar people
Origin
5th 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
Sundanese
Modern Burmese
Language Position
4243
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
mya
ISO 639 2/B
sun
bur
ISO 639 3
sun
mya
ISO 639 6
sun
mya
Glottocode
sund1251
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating