Burmese language

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Burmese (in Burmese ba-ma-sa, pronounced /baa-MAA-saa/) is a language spoken in Myanmar. Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language, meaning that is close to Chinese and Tibetan.

Burmese has three tones(high, medium,low: plus two,'stops or abbreviated additional, qualifying 'tones), no gender{have natural gender eg.saya(male teacher),sayama(female teacher)}, and no tense. Burmese has many English and Indian words(loan words) though is a very distinct and full language itself with a long history and substantial numbers of proudly articulated dialects.

[change] Examples

Here are some examples of words and sentences in Burmese.

Hello = min-ga-la-ba

How are you? = Nei kaun la?

I am (name) = Cha-naw yè nan-bè ga _______

(Kya-naw is replaced with kya-ma for females.)

What is your name? = Ka-mya ba kaw da lè?

Are you Burmese? = Nae ba-ma pyi ga la da la?

(Note: To ask if someone is from other countries, just replace ba-ma pyi with any of the countries below.

America = A-mè-ree-ka

France = Pyin-tae

Britain = In-ga-lan

Germany = Ja-ma-nee

Russia = Ra-shia

Thailand = You-da-ya

Japan = Ja-pan

Chinese = Ta-yote