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Burmese

 
Dictionary: Bur·mese   (bər-mēz', -mēs') pronunciation
 
adj.

Of or relating to Myanmar (formerly Burma) or its people, language, or culture.

n., pl. Burmese.
  1. A native or inhabitant of Myanmar.
  2. The Sino-Tibetan language of Myanmar.

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Burmese, language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages). It is spoken by about 30 million people in Myanmar, where it is both the principal and the official language. Burmese can be described as monosyllabic because root words generally consist of a single syllable. Context, word order, and the use of musical pitch or tones, of which Burmese has three, help to differentiate the meanings of the many homonyms. Syllables are often used in combination, thereby increasing the number of ideas that can be expressed. Burmese has its own alphabet, which is ultimately descended from an old script from S India. There is a great difference between the spoken and written forms of the language.

Bibliography

See J. Okell, Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese (1969); W. S. Cornyn, Spoken Burmese (1971).


 

A medium-sized, shorthaired breed of cats. Originally it was always a solid brown color with golden yellow eyes. There are now numerous variations in color, including champagne, blue and platinum. The breed is affected by primary endocardial fibroelastosis, meningoencephalocele and lethal midfacial malformations.

 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - burmeser
adj. - burmesisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
Birmaan(s)

Français (French)
n. - Birman
adj. - birman, de Birmanie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Birmane, Burmese, Birmanisch, Burmesisch
adj. - birmanisch, burmesisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Βιρμανός, βιρμανική γλώσσα
adj. - βιρμανός, βιρμανικός

Italiano (Italian)
birmano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - habitante (m) (f) da Birmânia, idioma (m) birmanês, birmanês (m)
adj. - birmanês

Русский (Russian)
житель Бирмы, бирманский язык, бирманский

Español (Spanish)
n. - birmano, birmana
adj. - birmano, birmana, de Burma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - burman, burmes, burmakatt
adj. - burmansk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
缅甸人, 缅甸语, 缅甸的, 缅甸语的, 缅甸人的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 緬甸人, 緬甸語
adj. - 緬甸的, 緬甸語的, 緬甸人的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 버마인[어]
adj. - 버마[인, 어]의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ビルマ語, ビルマ人
adj. - ビルマの, ビルマ人の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) من بورما (صفه) ما يخص بورما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תושב/ת בורמה (עתה מינמאר), משתייכ/ת לאומה הגדולה ביותר בבורמה, בורמזית (שפה)‬
adj. - ‮בורמאי‬


 
 
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