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Myanmar language

Burmese
မြန်မာစာ (written Burmese)
မြန်မာစကား (spoken Burmese)
Pronunciation IPA: [mjəmàzà]
[mjəmà zəɡá]
Native to Myanmar
Ethnicity Bamar people
Native speakers
33 million (2007)
Second language: 10 million (no date)
Early forms
Burmese alphabet
Burmese Braille
Official status
Official language in
 Myanmar
Regulated by Myanmar Language Commission
Language codes
ISO 639-1 my
ISO 639-2  (B)
 (T)
ISO 639-3 inclusive code
Individual codes:
int – Intha
tvn – Tavoyan dialects
tco – Taungyo dialects
rki – Arakanese language ("Rakhine")
rmz – Marma ("Burmese")
Glottolog sout3159
Linguasphere 77-AAA-a
Idioma birmano.png
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The Burmese language (Burmese: မြန်မာဘာသာ, MLCTS: mranmabhasa, IPA: [mjəmà bàðà]) is the official language of Myanmar. Although the Constitution of Myanmar officially recognizes the English name of the language as the Myanmar language, most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese. In 2007, it was spoken as a first language by 34 million, primarily the Bamar (Burman) people and related ethnic groups, and as a second language by 10 million, particularly ethnic minorities in Myanmar and neighboring countries.

Burmese is a tonal, pitch-register, and syllable-timed language, largely monosyllabic and analytic, with a subject–object–verb word order. It is a member of the Lolo-Burmese grouping of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The Burmese alphabet is ultimately descended from a Brahmic script, either Kadamba or Pallava.

Burmese belongs to the Southern Burmish branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages. Burmese is the most widely spoken of the non-Sinitic Sino-Tibetan languages. Burmese was the fifth of the Sino-Tibetan languages to develop a writing system, after Chinese characters, the Pyu script, the Tibetan alphabet and the Tangut script.


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