Languages

Burmese

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Burmese." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/burmese.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Burmese. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/burmese

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-burmese,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Burmese},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/burmese},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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

mya 1

Speaker Count

32,900,000 1

2019 estimate, first-language speakers (10 million second-language speakers; 42.9 million total).

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Sino-Tibetan

Source Wikipedia: Burmese Language

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.

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1. Wikipedia: Burmese Language

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