One might wonder to know that 45 million people speak 111 languages in Myanmar. Majority of Myanmars speak Myanmar language.

Alphabets

Numerals

Numerical Representation

According to our traditional astronomy, all alphabets have its each numerical values:

Some Proverbs that Tells

This is the proverb, that every Myanmar knows. It tells the number of pagodas in Bagan.

• vSnf;0if½dk;oHwnHnH? yk*Hbk&m;aygif;
  ]v0&ownn}=4445633
  This saying can be decoded as...
  "There actually were 4,445,633 pagodas in Bagan."
   
• **,foHk;ck? OoQpfxk
  ]***}=888
  This saying can be decoded as...
  "Innwa Kingdom falls at ME 888"
   
• OMoatmfjrnf? ukef;abmifwnf
  This saying can be decoded as...
  "Konbaung Dynasty got established in ME 1114".

• tkwfuspfausmfat;? rEÅav;
  tuut= 1221
  This saying can be decoded as...
  "The city of Mandalay was built in ME 1221.

Myanmar Sorting Method

Sorting in Myanmar language is no easy job. 33 alphabets in 5 levels. The sorting algorithm of Myanmar language is available in .PDF format

Download at
http://members.tripod.com/~winmyanmar/unicode/sorting.pdf

Romanization

• Please refer to Professor John Okell's "Romanizing Burmese" available in bookstores.

Good Links

• Ethnologue & Language Family tree

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