Burmese

E72108

Burmese is the official Sino-Tibetan language of Myanmar, spoken by the majority Bamar ethnic group and used widely in government, education, and media.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Burmese canonical 22
Burmese language 16
Standard Burmese 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
language
national language
closelyRelatedTo Loloish languages
Yi languages
country Myanmar
direction left-to-right
ethnicGroup Bamar
glottocode nucl1310
hasDialects Arakanese Burmese
linked to: Rakhine language

Intha Burmese
Standard Burmese
linked to: Burmese

Yangon Burmese
linked to: Burmese
hasNumeralSystem Burmese numerals
historicalAncestor Old Burmese
linked to: Burmese
historicalStage Middle Burmese
linked to: Burmese
ISO639-1Code my
ISO639-2Code bur
mya
ISO639-3Code mya
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
majorityLanguageOf Bamar people
linked to: Bamar
modernForm Modern Standard Burmese
linked to: Burmese
morphologicalType analytic language
nativeTo Myanmar
officialLanguageOf Myanmar
phonologicalFeature syllable-timed rhythm
tonal language
primaryRegion Mainland Southeast Asia
region Southeast Asia
scriptOrigin Brahmic scripts
Mon script
scriptType abugida
subfamily Lolo-Burmese
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Myanmar
usedIn Myanmar government administration
Myanmar mass media
Myanmar national education system
usedInScriptureOf Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar
usesClassifiers true
usesPostpositions true
wordOrder subject–object–verb
writingSystem Burmese script
writingSystemFeature circular letters
stacked consonants
writingSystemUnicodeBlock Myanmar (Unicode block)
writingSystemUsage used in education
used in government
used in media

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Myanmar officialLanguage Burmese
Maung languageOfOrigin Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Pali lexicalInfluenceOn Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Bamar language Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Mandalay language Burmese
Arakan hasLanguage Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Karen State officialLanguage Burmese
Burmese hasDialects Standard Burmese
linked to: Burmese
Burmese hasDialects Yangon Burmese
linked to: Burmese
Burmese historicalAncestor Old Burmese
linked to: Burmese
Burmese historicalStage Middle Burmese
linked to: Burmese
Burmese modernForm Modern Standard Burmese
linked to: Burmese
Proto-Sino-Tibetan ancestorOf Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Rohingya language hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Karenic languages notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Karenic languages historicalContactWith Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Maung Paw Tun languageOfWorkOrName Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Bama language Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Bama exonym Burman
linked to: Burmese
Pagan Kingdom language Old Burmese
linked to: Burmese
Rakhine people historicalLanguage Old Arakanese
linked to: Burmese
Than Shwe languageSpoken Burmese
Tatmadaw languageOfCommand Burmese
subject linked to: Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
Tatmadaw primaryLanguage Burmese
Sittwe languageSpoken Burmese
Kyaw Ba ethnicGroup Burmese
Mon Americans languageTradition Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Putao languageSpoken Burmese
King Mindon language Burmese
Southern Myanmar language Burmese
subject linked to: southern Myanmar
Vinaya Pitaka hasTranslation Burmese
Meiktila languageUsed Burmese
Shan language historicalInfluenceFrom Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Hpa-An languageUsed Burmese
Minister of Information of Burma languageOfWork Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Intha Burmese hasAncestralLanguage Old Burmese
linked to: Burmese
Intha Burmese isVarietyOf Standard Burmese
linked to: Burmese
Intha Burmese mutualIntelligibilityWith Standard Burmese
linked to: Burmese
Intha Burmese usedAlongside Standard Burmese
linked to: Burmese
North Hsenwi language Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Tawthalin etymologyLanguage Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Nadaw hasLanguageContext Burmese language
linked to: Burmese
Tabodwe language Burmese
Kalaw languageUsed Burmese
Pantanaw languageSpoken Burmese
Kason language Burmese