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Myanmar text to speech engine has been developed by young Myanmar entrepreneurs team. led by Ma Thinzar Phyo for Myanmar National Association of the Blind (MNAB). and was sponsored by KBZ Bank. The demo can be seen here.
To download this opensource software for your use. pls visit: http://www.mnab-myanmar.org/mnab-tts-version-2-released/
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How to say "Hi" or "Hello"
Time doesn't matter in Myanmar for greetings. Myanmar people say the same word wheter it's in the morning. afternoon. or an evening.
This greeting literally means "good" or "nice". No need to say whether it's a good morning or afternoon. We say it altogether. It would carry many meanings: good day; good time; nice meeting you; and so on.
To say "Hello" in Myanmar. we say: "mingalar par"
How to Say "Thank you!"
To say "Thank you!" in Myanmar. we say: "chei-zu tin-bar-te"
How to Say "I love you"
To say "I love you!" in Myanmar. we say: "chit-tey"
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People often refer to old saying. often called proverbs. These quotations are repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. There are numerous Myanmar quotes throughout 1200 years of Myanmar language history.
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The first Myanmar script ever found was a brief Myanmar phrase quoted within a Mon stone inscription. That was Myakan Mon stone inscription by King Kyansitthar saying "Maha Nibban Letswe Chi Ye".However. the first Myanmar stone inscription. "Yarza Komer stone inscription" (also known as "Mya Zedi stone inscription") is known to many as the first Myanmar script. although we should say Myazedi Stone Inscription is the first Myanmar document.
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Some famous linguists like Edwin Pulleyblank believe that there are certain relationship between Sino-Tibetan. Tibeto-Burman and the Athabascan group of Native American languages. including Navaho. Apache. Eskimo ethnic tribes.
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Myanmar script grew and derived from Brahmi script from India. The Myanmar language is now almost 1000 years old. and its development started from about 12th century AD.
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Even though some are not directly adopted. they seems somehow related.
NOTE: Pls let us know if you know any others.
Adopted Words
. There are lots of adopted words mostly from English:
. Those adopted from English
- manager
- cigarette
- cassette
- radio
- computer
- mic (microphone)
- ball-pen. fountain-pen
- motor-cycle
- car
- card
- director
. Those adopted from Hindi
- arloo (potato)
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Todays's Myanmar Alphabets
Myanmar script draws its source from Brahmi script which flourished in India from about 500 B.C. to over 300 AD. Myanmar script is basically similar to the Brahmi script. Both script systems are constructed with the components consisting of consonants. consonant combination symbols. vowel symbols related to the relevant consonants and diacritic marks indicating tone level (niggahita. visajjaniya).
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Digging back in history. finding the fact that the Myanmar language itself is now more than 1000 years old. while English is only about 400 years gold. Myanmar literature can be expected to be far richer than most of the western languages.However. Myanmars are weak in fiction.