Burmese is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Myanmar, where it is the official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Bamar, the country's largest ethnic group.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2019 estimate, first-language speakers (10 million second-language speakers; 42.9 million total). RegionMyanmar, Thailand, China (Dehong), India (Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura), Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts and Barisal Division) 1 Classification
Official Status Connections
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Burmese Language
Written In
Source Wikipedia: Burmese Script
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Burmese Language
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Burmese is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Myanmar, where it is the official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Bamar, the country's largest ethnic group.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers (Total)
32.9 million first language (2019)
Infobox, Region
Myanmar, Thailand, China (Dehong), India (Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura), Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts and Barisal Division)
Official status, Burmese entity page
The Constitution of Myanmar officially refers to it as the Myanmar language in English, though most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese, after Burma-a name with co-official status until 1989.
In Family: Sino-Tibetan, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Sino-Tibetan; immediate branch: Lolo-Burmese (within Tibeto-Burman).
View the Source Wikipedia: Burmese Script
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