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In 2007, Burmese was spoken by 33 million people as a first language. [5] Burmese is spoken as a second language by another 10 million people, particularly ethnic minorities in Burma and those in neighbouring countries. [6] Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language belonging to the Southern Burmish branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages.
The Constitution of Myanmar officially refers to it as the Myanmar language in English, [3] though most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese, after Burma—a name with co-official status until 1989 (see Names of Myanmar). Burmese is the most widely-spoken language in the country, where it serves as the lingua franca. [4]
The most widely spoken Tibeto-Burman language is Burmese, the national language of Myanmar, with over 32 million speakers and a literary tradition dating from the early 12th century. It is one of the Lolo-Burmese languages , an intensively studied and well-defined group comprising approximately 100 languages spoken in Myanmar and the highlands ...
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue ... Myanmar: 120 6 126 ... 101 1.42 18,439,310 ...
Burmese, the mother tongue of the Bamar and official language of Myanmar, is related to Tibetan and Chinese. [332] ... There are 101 universities, ...
The Burmese alphabet is used for Burmese language, Shan language, S'gaw Karen language and other languages. ... Journal of Language Relationship. 6: 101 ...
The Burmic languages include Burmese, Achang, and Xiandao. The Maruic languages include Atsi (Zaiwa), Lashi (Leqi), Maru (Langsu), and Bola. Nishi does not classify Hpon and Nusu. Burmic. The Arakanese language retains r- separate from y-, whereas the two fall together in most Burmese dialects and indeed most Burmish languages. Tavoyan has kept ...
Burmese: Myanmar (formerly ... National language in Switzerland (with German, French, and Italian) [42] ... Number of countries language spoken English: 101 French ...