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Burmese
Burmese
Burmese is spoken in Myanmar, formerly called Burma. It is an official language of the country, and the language of the Bamar people - the principal ethnic group in Myanmar. In 2007 Burmese was spoken as a first language by 33 million people, and as a second language by another 10 million other ethic groups and neighboring countries
Writing System: Burmese is written in the Burmese script. It has not been universally romanized (transcribed into the Latin script)
Grammar: Burmese does not contain adjectives but rather verbs that carry the meaning
Beautiful → to be beautiful; hot → to be hot; etc.
Word Order: Burmese uses a subject - object - verb word order
I water bottle open (Burmese) vs. I open the water bottle (English)
Culture and Religion: the Burmese are traditionally Buddhist, and many continue to adhere to that religion. Minority ethnic groups in Burma (Karen, Chin, Karenni) tend to be more Christian, while the Rohingya are generally Muslim.
Useful Phrases
Useful Phrases
Welcome: ကြိုဆိုပါတယ် (kyaosopartaal)
Hello: မဂႆလာပၝ (min-ga-la-ba)
What’s your name? ခင္ဗ်ားနာမည္ဘယ္လိုေခၚလဲ။ (k'amyà ne-meh beh-lo k'aw-lèh?)
Do you understand? နားလည်သလား။ (nà-leh-dhala?)
Yes: အင်း၊ (aainn)
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