Burmese

E72108

Sino-Tibetan language language national language

Burmese is the official Sino-Tibetan language of Myanmar, spoken by the majority Bamar ethnic group and used widely in government, education, and media.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Burmese canonical	22
Burmese language	16
Standard Burmese	4
Old Burmese	3
Burman	1
Middle Burmese	1
Modern Standard Burmese	1
Old Arakanese	1
Yangon Burmese	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ language ⓘ national language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Loloish languages ⓘ Yi languages ⓘ
country	Myanmar ⓘ
direction	left-to-right ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Bamar ⓘ
glottocode	nucl1310 ⓘ
hasDialects	Rakhine language ⓘ surface form: Arakanese Burmese Intha Burmese ⓘ Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard Burmese Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yangon Burmese
hasNumeralSystem	Burmese numerals ⓘ
historicalAncestor	Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Burmese
historicalStage	Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Burmese
ISO639-1Code	my ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	bur ⓘ mya ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	mya ⓘ
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ surface form: Sino-Tibetan
majorityLanguageOf	Bamar ⓘ surface form: Bamar people
modernForm	Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Modern Standard Burmese
morphologicalType	analytic language ⓘ
nativeTo	Myanmar ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	Myanmar ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	syllable-timed rhythm ⓘ tonal language ⓘ
primaryRegion	Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ
scriptOrigin	Brahmic scripts ⓘ Mon script ⓘ
scriptType	abugida ⓘ
subfamily	Lolo-Burmese ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn	Myanmar ⓘ
usedIn	Government of Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Myanmar government administration Myanmar mass media ⓘ Myanmar national education system ⓘ
usedInScriptureOf	Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar ⓘ
usesClassifiers	true ⓘ
usesPostpositions	true ⓘ
wordOrder	subject–object–verb ⓘ
writingSystem	Burmese script ⓘ
writingSystemFeature	circular letters ⓘ stacked consonants ⓘ
writingSystemUnicodeBlock	Myanmar (Unicode block) ⓘ
writingSystemUsage	used in education ⓘ used in government ⓘ used in media ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Burmese ⓘ

Myanmar → officialLanguage → Burmese ⓘ

Maung → languageOfOrigin → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Pali → lexicalInfluenceOn → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Bamar → language → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Mandalay → language → Burmese ⓘ

Arakan → hasLanguage → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Karen State → officialLanguage → Burmese ⓘ

Burmese → hasDialects → Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Burmese

Burmese → hasDialects → Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangon Burmese

Burmese → historicalAncestor → Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Burmese

Burmese → historicalStage → Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Burmese

Burmese → modernForm → Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Modern Standard Burmese

Proto-Sino-Tibetan → ancestorOf → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Rohingya language → hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Karenic languages → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Karenic languages → historicalContactWith → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Maung Htin Aung → languageOfWorkOrName → Burmese ⓘ

Maung Wuntha → languageOfWorkOrName → Burmese ⓘ

Maung Paw Tun → languageOfWorkOrName → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Bama → language → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Bama → exonym → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burman

Pagan Kingdom → language → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Burmese

Rakhine people → historicalLanguage → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Arakanese

Than Shwe → languageSpoken → Burmese ⓘ

Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) → languageOfCommand → Burmese ⓘ

subject surface form: Tatmadaw

Tatmadaw → primaryLanguage → Burmese ⓘ

Sittwe → languageSpoken → Burmese ⓘ

Kyaw Ba → ethnicGroup → Burmese ⓘ

Mon Americans → languageTradition → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Putao → languageSpoken → Burmese ⓘ

King Mindon → language → Burmese ⓘ

southern Myanmar → language → Burmese ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Myanmar

Vinaya Pitaka → hasTranslation → Burmese ⓘ

Meiktila → languageUsed → Burmese ⓘ

Shan language → historicalInfluenceFrom → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Kachin State → hasOfficialLanguage → Burmese ⓘ

Hpa-An → languageUsed → Burmese ⓘ

Minister of Information of Burma → languageOfWork → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Intha Burmese → hasAncestralLanguage → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Burmese

Intha Burmese → isVarietyOf → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Burmese

Intha Burmese → mutualIntelligibilityWith → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Burmese

Intha Burmese → usedAlongside → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Burmese

North Hsenwi → language → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Tawthalin → etymologyLanguage → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Nadaw → hasLanguageContext → Burmese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burmese language

Tabodwe → language → Burmese ⓘ

Kalaw → languageUsed → Burmese ⓘ

Pantanaw → languageSpoken → Burmese ⓘ

Kason → language → Burmese ⓘ