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Myanmar language
Myanmar language












  • Burmese is a tonal language with three main tones (high, lowĪnd creaky) and two other tones (stopped and reduced).
  • The Burmese name for the script is ca-lonh 'round script'.

    myanmar language

    Straight lines would have torn the leaves. Palm leaves as the traditional writing material. The rounded appearance of letters is a result of the use of.Used to write: Burmese/Myanmar (ဗမာစကား), Karen and Mon.Script family: Proto-Sinaitic, Phoenician, Aramaic, Brāhmī, Tamil-Brahmi, Pallava, Burmese.Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines.Other vowels sounds are indicated using separate letters or diacritics which appear above, below, in front of, after or around the consonant. Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet - each letter has an inherent vowel, which is pronounced or.The earliest known inscriptions in the Burmese script Which was adapted from a southern Indian script during the 8thĬentury.

    myanmar language

    The Burmese or Myanmar script developed from the Mon script, Both names derive from the Bamar people (ဗမာလူမျိုး ), the largest ethnic group in Burma. The name Myanmar (မြန်မာ ) is the high register name for the country, Some Burmese writers have promoted the use of the low register,Īnd have suggest the abandoning of the high register. Informal literature, and everyday conversation. The low register is used in television, comics, Register is used in formal literature, newspapers, radio andįormal speeches. There are two registers of Burmese: high and low. Other parts of Burma differ more from the standard, but theyĪre all more or less mutually intelligible. Within that area there are minor differences in vocabularyĪnd pronunciation between the Mandalay dialect of Upper BurmaĪnd the Yangon dialect of Lower Burma. Standard Burmese is spoken in the Irrawaddy River valley.

    myanmar language

  • Status: official language in Burma (Myanmar).
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Lolo-Burmese, Burmish.













  • Myanmar language