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Myanmar Language
Bumese Language
Myanmar (written Burmese)
Myanmar (spoken Burmese)
PronunciationIPA: [mjəmàzà]
[mjəmà zəɡá]
Native toMyanmar, Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts),and (Tripura)state of Northeast India.
RegionYangon
EthnicityBamar people (Burmans)
Native speakers
33 million (2014)[1]
Second language: 15 million (2022) [2]
Early forms
Burmese alphabet
Burmese Braille
Official status
Official language in
 Myanmar
 ASEAN
Regulated byMyanmar Language Commission
Language codes
ISO 639-1my
ISO 639-2mya (B)
bur (T)
ISO 639-3mya
Glottolognucl1310
Linguasphere77-AAA-a
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Myanmar (Burmese: မြန်မာဘာသာ, MLCTS: mranmabhasa, IPA: [mjəmà bàðà]) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma), where it is an official language and the language of the Burmans, the country's principal ethnic group. Burmese is also spoken by the indigenous tribes in Chittagong Hill Tracts (Rangamati, Bandarban, Khagrachari, Cox's Bazar) in Bangladesh, Tripura state in Northeast India. Although the Constitution of Myanmar officially recognizes the English name of the language as the Myanmar language,[4] most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese, after Burma, the country's once previous and currently co-official name. In 2007, it was spoken as a first language by 33 million, primarily the Burman people and related ethnic groups, and as a second language by 10 million, particularly ethnic minorities in Myanmar and neighboring countries. In 2014, the Burmese population was 36.39 million, and has been estimated at 38.8 million as of March 2022.

  1. ^ Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin
  2. ^ Burmese at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Myanmar Language
  4. ^ Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008), Chapter XV, Provision 450

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