| Languages of Myanmar (Burma) | |
|---|---|
 Burmese alphabets in order | |
| Official | Myanmar |
| Semi-official | English |
| Regional | Shan, Karen, Kachin, Rakhine, Mon, Karenni, Chin, Kokang |
| Vernacular | Myanmar English |
| Minority | Many Sino-Tibetan, Tai–Kadai, Austroasiatic and Indo-Aryan languages |
| Foreign | English, Mandarin Chinese |
| Signed | Burmese sign language |
| Keyboard layout | |
There are approximately a hundred languages spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma).[1] Burmese, spoken by two-thirds of the population, is the official language.[2]
Languages spoken by ethnic minorities represent six language families: Sino-Tibetan, Austro-Asiatic, Tai–Kadai, Indo-European, Austronesian and Hmong–Mien,[3] as well as an incipient national standard for Burmese sign language.[4]
- ^ Goddard 2005
- ^ Burmese at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Myanmar in Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2022). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (25th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ^ Mathur & Napoli, 2010, Deaf around the World: The Impact of Language
