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Myanmar–English Dictionary (Burmese: မြန်မာ-အင်္ဂလိပ်အဘိဓာန်) is a modern Government project in Myanmar (formerly Burma), first published in 1993 by the Government of Myanmar 's Myanmar Language Commission. [1] It is a guide dictionary for translating between English and the Myanmar Language. It was ...
e. Burmese English (also called Myanmar English) is the register of the English language used in Myanmar (Burma), spoken as first or second language by an estimated 2.4 million people, about 5% of the population (1997). [1] The English language was initially introduced to the country during the British colonial period, spanning from 1824 until ...
A Burmese speaker, recorded in Taiwan. Burmese (Burmese: မြန်မာဘာသာ; MLCTS: Mranma bhasa; pronounced [mjəmà bàθà]) 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 principal ethnic group.
Term. 1966– 1980. Spouse. Than Mya. Dr. Hla Pe (Burmese: လှဘေ, pronounced [l̥a̰ pʰè]; 8 January 1913 – 31 July 2007) was a prominent Burmese language linguist and a longtime contributor to the Myanmar–English Dictionary. He was professor of Burmese language and culture at the University of London from 1966 to 1980.
The Myanmar Language Commission ( Burmese: မြန်မာစာအဖွဲ့; formerly Burmese Language Commission; abbreviated MLC) is the pre-eminent government body on matters pertaining to the Burmese language. [ 1] It is responsible for several projects including the Myanmar–English Dictionary (1993) and MLC Transcription System ...
By the time of Judson's death, he had translated the Bible into Burmese as well as a half-completed Burmese-English dictionary. [7] Burma at the time had 100 churches, and over 8,000 believers. By 2006, Myanmar had the third largest number of Baptists worldwide, [14] behind the United States and India. The majority of adherents are Karen ...
The SEAlang Library is an online library that hosts Southeast Asian linguistic reference materials.. Established in 2005 and publicly launched on April 1, 2006, [1] it was initially funded from the Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA) program of the U.S. Department of Education, with matching funds from computational linguistics research centers.
There are approximately a hundred languages spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma). [ 1 ] Burmese, spoken by two-thirds of the population, is the official language. [ 2 ] Languages spoken by ethnic minorities represent six language families: Sino-Tibetan, Austro-Asiatic, Tai–Kadai, Indo-European, Austronesian and Hmong–Mien, [ 3 ] as well ...