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Language code: bur

Technical information about ISO 639 language code bur

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The table below provides technical details for the Burmese language, designated by the bur code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

bur (Bibliographic)

Name

Official

Burmese

Native

ဗမာစာ

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Standard (Central) BurmeseRakhine (Arakanese)Tavoyan (Dawei)InthaYaw
Related languages
LisuYi (Nuosu)Jingpho (Kachin)LahuAchang
Key facts
Written with a rounded Brahmic script shaped by palm-leaf manuscriptsDistinguishes meaning through three phonemic tonesFollows a Subject–Object–Verb sentence orderUses sentence-final particles to mark politeness, mood and aspectContains a large layer of Pali loanwords from Buddhist literature
Sample phrase

မင်္ဂလာပါ၊ နေကောင်းလား?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Burmese language, identified by the code bur, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Burmese language: bur for bibliographic purposes and mya for terminology uses.

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