Burmese is a tonal language with three main tones (high, low and creaky) and two other tones (stopped and reduced). The tones are indicated in writing using diacritics or special letters.

Burmese is a tonal language with three main tones (high, low and creaky) and two other tones (stopped and reduced). The tones are indicated in writing using diacritics or special letters.

It is an official language in Kayin State in Myanmar, and is recognised as a minority language in Thailand. Sgaw Karen is written with the Mon/Burmese alphabet, and can also be written with the …

A collection of useful phrases in Burmese, a Burmese-Lolo language spoken mainly in Burma (Myanmar)

How to count in Burmese / Myanmar, a Lolo-Burmese language spoken in Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh in India. If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on …

Burmish is a way to write English using the Burmese script invented by Marc Harder.

Mon is a member of the Monic branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken in parts of Myanmar/Burma and Thailand. In 2004 there were 850,000 speakers, mainly in Mon State, and also …

Shan is a Southwestern Tai language spoken in northern Myanmar, southern China and northern Thailand.

There are several ways to write Akha with the Latin, Thai and Burmese scripts which were developed during the 20th century by missionaries and others, including Matthew McDaniel, Inga-Lill Hansson, …

It can be used to write the Red Karen or Karenni languages, Western Kayan and Eastern Kayah, which are spoken in parts of Myanmar and Thaland. The Kayah Li alphabet is taught in schools in refugee …