Burmese language
Burmese (ISO 639-3 code mya) is a language of the Sino-Tibetan family spoken in Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), and Thailand. It has about 34,000,000 speakers.
Burmese dictionary: 45,277 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Burmese dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | mya |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | nucl1310 |
| Family | Sino-Tibetan |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand |
| Speakers (estimate) | 34,000,000 |
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Other Sino-Tibetan languages, nearest first.
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- Konyak Naga70,000 speakers
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- Mru50,000 speakers
- Khiamniungan Naga47,800 speakers
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- Zou17,000 speakers
More about Burmese
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.