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Burmese is an agglutinative language. It has a subject-object-verb word order and is head-final . Particles are heavily utilized to convey syntactic functions, with wide divergence between literary and colloquial forms.
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 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]
Burmese exhibits pronoun avoidance, where pronouns are avoided for politeness. [1] This is an areal feature also common in major regional Asian languages like Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese. [1] In Burmese, speakers account for social distinctions linguistically, reflecting gender, relative age, kinship, social status, and intimacy.
A Burmese–English Dictionary publications Publication date Part Title Chief compiler(s) 1941: Part 1: A Burmese–English Dictionary: J. A. Stewart C. W. Dunn 1950: Part 2: A Burmese–English Dictionary: C. W. Dunn Hla Pe (co-ed.) 1956: Part 3: A Burmese–English Dictionary: C. W Dunn H. F. Searle Hla Pe 1962: Part 4: A Burmese–English ...
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