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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Burmese language 4
Middle Burmese 1
Modern Standard 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 (13)

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

Burmese → hasDialects → Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Burmese
Burmese → hasDialects → Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yangon Burmese
Arakan → hasLanguage → Burmese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burmese language
Burmese → historicalAncestor → Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Burmese
Burmese → historicalStage → Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Burmese
Bamar → language → Burmese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burmese language
Mandalay → language → Burmese ⓘ
Maung → languageOfOrigin → Burmese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burmese language
Pali → lexicalInfluenceOn → Burmese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burmese language
Burmese → modernForm → Burmese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Standard Burmese
Karen State → officialLanguage → Burmese ⓘ
Myanmar → officialLanguage → Burmese ⓘ