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Myanmar Language

Myanmar Language (Burmese Language) is the official language in Myanmar. There are about 38.7 million Myanmar language native speakers around the world(worlddata.info).

4 Things About Myanmar Language

Speakers

Myanmar Language is mainly spoken among the Burmese, the main ethnic group in Myanmar, and they occupied about 68% of population in Myanmar. 

Letters

There are 33 letters in  Myanmar language,  including some letters that come from the Pali script, the language of Theravada Buddhism.

Grammary

Myanmar language Grammarly is the same as Japanese and Korean. SOV style (subject, object, verb).

Speaking

Myanmar language has four kinds of tones, like Chinese and Thai language. 

high-straight tone

decline tone

low-straight tone

Letters

Letters of Vowel
the pronunciation of Myanmar letters
Letters of Consonant
the combination of vowel in Myanmar language
the combination of vowel in Myanmar Language
Letters of Tone
the combination of tone in Myanmar language

Sentences

Hello

​မင်္ဂလာ ပါ။

​ main galar par .

How are you

နေကောင်းရဲ့လား

naykaunggraelarr

I'm fine.

‌နေကောင်းပါတယ်

naykaunggpartaal

See you.

သွားပါအိုးမယ်

swarr par aoe maal

Thank you (casual)

ကျေးဇူးပဲနော်။

kyaayyjuupellnaw .

Quote

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“Burmese/Myanmar language, alphabet and pronunciation.” Omniglot, 19 May 2022, https://omniglot.com/writing/burmese.htm. Accessed 29 November 2022.

“Burmese - Worldwide distribution.” Worlddata.info, https://www.worlddata.info/languages/burmese.php. Accessed 29 November 2022.

 Cherry Marlar Thwin. 新版 はじめてのミャンマー語 [New Edition, Myanmar language for Beginners]明日香出版社 [Asuka Publish],2014.

Kato, Atsuhiko. ニューエクスプレスプラスビルマ語 [New Express Plus Burmese]. 白水社 [Hakushui-sha], 2019.

“Myanmar - Languages | Britannica.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 8 2022, https://www.britannica.com/place/Myanmar/Languages. Accessed 29 November 2022.

“パーリ文字 [Pali Script].” 地球ことば村 [Chikyukotobamura], 20 6 2019, https://www.chikyukotobamura.org/muse/wr_seasia_37.html. Accessed 29 November 2022. 

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