Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Burmese (mya) Alternative Names  Bama, Bamachaka, Myen, Myanmar Family/Group  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman Area  SE Asia and Oceania General Data  spoken in Myanmar (national language), Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, USA Typological Information  • 4 tones (level [-], creaky ., heavy :, final glottal stop ') • SOV Reduplication Form-Function  • full: word class derivation Relationship Form-Function  one form - one function Forms  Select Valueroot   Functions  Select Valueword class derivation Patterns  Select Valuefull Semantics  Select Valueother   Word Classes  Select Valueadjective/adverb — adjective/adverb   All Examples  ⊟ References Cornyn, William S., D. Haigh Roop 1968. Beginning Burmese. New Haven/London: Yale University Press  Cornyn, William 1944. Outline of Burmese Grammar. Baltimore: Linguistic Society of America; (relevant pages: 31-33)  Lehman, F. K. 2001. "Burmese". In: Garry, Jane; Rubino, Carl, eds., Facts about the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages: Past and Present, New York: H.W. Wilson   1 of 2       Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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