Sino-Tibetan family
Burmese
1550 CE – today Living
Burmese (1550 CE – today) is a living Sino-Tibetan language. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Tibeto-Burman → Proto-Lolo-Burmese → Old Burmese → Burmese.
See Burmese on the interactive map- Speakers
- 33M (33,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- mya
- Glottocode
- nucl1310
Covers Middle Burmese (16th–18th c.) and Modern Burmese.
Lineage
- Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Tibeto-Burmanc. 2,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Proto-Lolo-Burmesec. 500 BCE – 700 CE
- Old Burmesec. 1100 CE – 1550 CE
- Burmese1550 CE – today