Each entry includes Burmese script as well Romanization (common sense phonetic pronunciation) for English speakers. This dictionary’s two-way format makes it useful for both English and Burmese speakers. The Burmese alphabet is derived from the Brahmic scripts of South Indian languages. The government of Myanmar designates it as the Myanmar language, but most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese, after Burma, the former name of Myanmar. It is spoken by over 40 million people worldwide.
This comprehensive bilingual Burmese (Myanmar) dictionary includes over 28,000 Word-for-Word dictionary entries, and is approved for ESL/ELL students to use for standardized testing.īurmese is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar, where it is an official language.
