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Myanmar (Burmese)

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a country located in Southeast Asia. The country is bordered by Bangladesh, India, China, Laos, and Thailand. Myanmar has a population of over 53 million people, and the official language is Myanmar (Burmese). Burmese is a member of the Sino-Tibetan language family, and is related to languages such as Tibetan and Chinese. Burmese is written with a version of the Latin alphabet, which was introduced by British missionaries in the 19th century. Burmese is a tonal language, which means that the meaning of a word can change depending on the tone in which it is spoken. There are four tones in Burmese: high, low, rising, and falling. Burmese has no grammatical gender, and there is no distinction between singular and plural forms of nouns. Verbs are conjugated according to tense, aspect, and mood. Burmese is a subject-object-verb language, which means that sentences typically follow the order of subject-object-verb. For example, the sentence "I eat an apple" would be translated as "I apple eat." The Burmese writing system is complex, and includes a number of different scripts. The most common script is called the "square script," which is used for everyday writing. However, there are also a number of other scripts used for specific purposes, such as writing religious texts or inscribing Myanmar's many Buddhist temples. If you're interested in learning to write Myanmar (Burmese), there are a number of resources available online. There are also a number of language schools in Myanmar that offer courses in Burmese.

Script type

Alphasyllabic scripts

Script origin

Script usage

Burmese, Myanmar (Burma), Myanmar (Burmese)
Shan, Myanmar (Burma), Myanmar (Burmese)
Burmese, Myanmar (Burmese)
Shan, Myanmar (Burmese)

Script code
Mymr
Numeric code
350