Burmese language
Sino-Tibetan language of Myanmar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Burmese (in Burmese ba-ma-sa, pronounced /baa-MAA-saa/) is a language spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma). Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language, meaning that is close to Chinese and Tibetan.
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Burmese | |
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Myanmar language | |
မြန်မာ | |
Pronunciation | IPA: [mjəmà] [mjəmà ] |
Native to | Myanmar, Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts), India (Tripura), China (Yunnan), Thailand (Mae Hong Son and Tak) |
Region | Myanmar |
Ethnicity | Barma people |
Era | Burmesee25 Second language: 10 million (no date)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Early forms | Old Burmese
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Mon–Burmese (Burmese alphabet) Burmese Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Myanmar
Southeast Asia |
Regulated by | Myanmar Language Commission |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | my |
ISO 639-2 | bur (B) mya (T) |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:mya int tco rki rmz Tay |
Glottolog | nucl1310 |
Linguasphere | 77-AAA-a |
Areas where Burmese is spoken (in dark blue those areas where it is more widely spoken).(The map does not indicate where the language is majority or minority.) | |
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