A global linguistic database : Query result

Number: 2301

Language: Burmese

Location: Myanmar

Population: 25 million [+3 million as a second language]

Classification: Dene-Caucasian: Sino-Tibetan: Tibeto-Burman: Burmic: Burmese-Moso: Burmese-Lolo: Burmic: Southern

Grammar:

Stewart, J. A. 1955. Manual of Colloquial Burmese. London: Luzac & Company.
Njun, Maun Maun, et al. 1963. Birmanskij jazyk. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo vostochnoj literatury.

TextBooks:

Cornyn, William S. and D. Haigh Roop. 1968. Beginning Burmese. New Haven: Yale Univ Press.

Other Sources:

Jones, Robert B., Jr. and U Khin. 1953. The Burmese Writing System. Washington, D.C.: American Council of Learned Societies.
Becker, Alton Lewis. 1964. "Burmese Tonemics: A Discussion of Various Points of View," in Papers of the CIC Far Eastern Language Institute, ed. by Joseph K. Yamagiwa, Ann Arbor, 113-6.
Zlatoverxova, V. G. 1966. Fonetika birmanskogo literaturnogo jazyka. Moscow: Nauka.
Cooke, Joseph R. 1968. Pronominal Reference in Thai, Burmese and Vietnamese. UCPL 52.

Consonant system:

   p p^h t t^h k k^h ʔ
b d ɡ
    č č^h
    ɡ̌
    θ s s^h š h
    ð z
m m̥ n n̥ ŋ ŋ̥
    l l̥
    (r)

Stops: p p^h b t t^h d k k^h ɡ ʔ

Affricates: č č^h ɡ̌

Fricatives: θ ð s s^h z š h

Nasals: m m̥ n n̥ ŋ ŋ̥

Laterals: l l̥

Vibrants: (r)

Glides: j j̥ w w̥

Vowel system:

    i u
   ɛ ǝ ɔ
    a

Front Vowels: i ɛ

Central Vowels: (ǝ) a

Back Vowels: u ɔ

Nasal Vowels: Ĩ ã ʋ̃

Diphthongs:

ai au ei ou
ãi ãu ẽi õu

Syllable: (C)(G)V(ʔ)

Tones: hi-fall hi-fall-glott hi-checked lo-level

Noun Number: s (p) (pl uncommon)

Demonstratives: 2 + ref

Pronouns:

1mf 4mf
2mf 5mf
3 6
politeness: there are many special pronouns used in addressing priests, intimates, inferiors, etc.

Syntax: SOV AN/NA GN DN N-NUM POSS-N D+N+A+Num

Prep/Post: POST

Number: 2302

Language: Daignet

Classification: Dene-Caucasian: Sino-Tibetan: Tibeto-Burman: Burmic: Burmese-Moso: Burmese-Lolo: Lolo

Consonant system:

Number: 2303

Language: Duampu

Classification: Dene-Caucasian: Sino-Tibetan: Tibeto-Burman: Burmic: Burmese-Moso: Burmese-Lolo: Lolo

Consonant system:

Number: 2304

Language: Nameji

Classification: Dene-Caucasian: Sino-Tibetan: Tibeto-Burman: Burmic: Burmese-Moso: Burmese-Lolo: Lolo

Consonant system:

Number: 2305

Language: Sihia

Population: extinct

Classification: Dene-Caucasian: Sino-Tibetan: Tibeto-Burman: Burmic: Burmese-Moso: Burmese-Lolo: Lolo

Grammar: Sofronov, M. V. 1968. Grammatika tangutskogo jazyka, 2 vols. Moscow: Nauka.

Consonant system:

p p^h ^mb t t^h ⁿd k k^h ʔ
t^s t^s^h d^z č č^h^ñɡ̌
v s z š h
m n ŋ
l l̥
r

Stops: p p^h ^mb t t^h ⁿd k k^h ʔ

Affricates: t^s t^s^h d^z č č^h^ñɡ̌

Fricatives: v s z š h

Nasals: m n ŋ

Laterals: l l̥

Vibrants: r

Glides: j ɨ̯ w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: ɨ ǝ a

Back Vowels: u o

Nasal Vowels: ẽ ɨ̃ ã õ

Noun Number: s p

Syntax: SOV NA/(AN) NUM-N

Prep/Post: POST

Number: 2306

Language: Pai-lang

Classification: Dene-Caucasian: Sino-Tibetan: Tibeto-Burman: Burmic: Burmese-Moso: Burmese-Lolo: Lolo

Consonant system:

Number: 2307

Language: Tosu

Population: extinct

Classification: Dene-Caucasian: Sino-Tibetan: Tibeto-Burman: Burmic: Burmese-Moso: Burmese-Lolo: Lolo

Consonant system:

Number: 2308

Language: Thongho