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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Sino-Tibetan |
| Branch: Tibeto-Burman |
| Continent: Asia |
| Country: Myanmar |
| Region: South, central, and adjacent areas. Also spoken in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, USA. |
| Countries Where Spoken: Myanmar, Bangladesh. |
| Countries Where Official: Myanmar |
| Native Speakers: 32,000,000 |
| Speakers Total: 32,301,581 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 1 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 1 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 1 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 3 |
| Three Letter Code: MYA |
| Alternative Names: Bama, Bamachaka, Myen, Myanmar |
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| Summary: National language. 10 million second-language speakers. Many Mon and some Shan are monolingual in Burmese. Native speakers of Burmese seldom speak a second indigenous language. If they have one, it is usually English. Burmese script. Bible: 1835. Burmese dominates the nation's publishing production. Myanma is the largest ethnic group; another is Baramagyi (Barua). Educated speech has many Pali borrowings. The Rawang people call them 'Myen'. SOV. Alluvial plains. Scrub forest. Sea level and higher. Peasant agriculturalists; fishermen; craftsmen; industrialists. Buddhist. |
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