Burmese language - Wikipedia Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာစကား (or) ဗမာဘာသာစကား) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Myanmar, [2] where it is the official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Bamar, the country's largest ethnic group
Burmese Myanmar language and alphabet - Omniglot The name Myanmar (မြန်မာ [mjəmà]) is the high register name for the country, and Burma (ဗမာ [bəmà]) is the low register name Both names derive from the Bamar people (ဗမာလူမျိုး [bəmà lùmjó]), the largest ethnic group in Burma