Myanmar English

Burmese English
Burmese English
Myanmar English
အင်္ဂလိပ်
	A welcome sign in English in Myanmar.
Pronunciation	[bámís ɪ́ɰ̃gəlɪ̀ʔ]
Native to	Myanmar
Ethnicity	Burmese people
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo-Frisian Anglic English Asian English Southeast Asian English Burmese English; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Proto-English Old English Middle English Early Modern English Modern English ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (English alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Myanmar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
IETF	en-MM

Burmese English or Myanmar English, colloquially Burglish or Myanglish, is the register of the English language used in Myanmar, spoken as a second language by an estimated 2.4 million people – about 5% of the population in 1997.^[1] The English language was initially introduced to the country during the British colonial period, spanning from 1824 until independence in 1948.^[2]

^ Bolton, Kingsley (2008). "English in Asia, Asian Englishes, and the issue of proficiency". English Today. 24 (2). Cambridge University Press: 3–12. doi:10.1017/s026607840800014x. ISSN 0266-0784. S2CID 27734149.
^ "Language Choice in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities" (PDF). British Academy. 14 February 2015.

[1] Bolton, Kingsley (2008). "English in Asia, Asian Englishes, and the issue of proficiency". English Today. 24 (2). Cambridge University Press: 3–12. doi:10.1017/s026607840800014x. ISSN 0266-0784. S2CID 27734149.

[2] "Language Choice in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities" (PDF). British Academy. 14 February 2015.

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