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Burmese serves as the official language in Burma. Formally, the Burmese government refers to the language as Myanmar but it is largely referred to as Burmese all over the country. Burmese is the native language of the Bamar people who are the ethnic majority in Burma. Itis also the native language of sub-ethnic groups related to the Bamar. The language is spoken as a first language by about 32 million people in Burma. It is also used as a second language by the ethnic minorities in the country. 

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• Burmese belong to the Tibeto-Burman languages group which itself is a subfamily under the Sino-Tibetan languages family. 

• Burmese language is an analytic and tonal language. It is written in the Burmese script which has been developed from the Mon script. The Brāhmī script has also had a substantial role to play in the development of Burmese script.

• The literary and spoken form of Burmese is also known as Pali bhasa, meaning language. The language can be grouped in two classes, formal and colloquial.

• The Formal type of Burmese language is used in formal speeches, official publications, literary works and radio broadcasts while the colloquial type is used in regular day to day conversations  

• Though there are considerable differences between the two versions of the Burmese language, Burmese speakers do not treat them as two different languages, but as different registers of the same.

• Most of the vocabulary used in Burmese consists of monosyllabic words which come from the Tibeto-Burman stock. The vocabulary also contains polysyllabic words, a large number of which have been borrowed from other languages. 

• Loan words in Burmese come from a number of languages like Pali, Mon and English, and less frequently from Sanskrit, Hindi and Chinese. For example Pali loanwords are used in matters related to government, religion, science and arts. While those from English are mainly used in terms related to technology, modern institutions and measurements.

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