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 four tones(not sure), no gender{have natural gender eg.saya(male teacher),sayama(female teacher)}, and no tense. Burmese has a lot of English and Indian words(loan words).
[edit] 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: If you want 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
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