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1301:, continued a long-running discussion on the manner in which Australian officials would refer to the Southeast Asian nation. While Burma was the formal title used by the Australian government, the Labor government revised the national name to the Union of Myanmar in 2012. However, the matter has resurfaced, as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) reverted to the former title under Abbott's leadership in late 2013. A reason for the change has not appeared in the media, but, as of June 2014, the Abbott government's policy advises officials to switch between Burma and Myanmar, in accordance with the circumstances at hand. DFAT secretary Peter Varghese explained to the media: "Our ambassador to Myanmar would be our ambassador to Myanmar, because the country to which she is accredited is Myanmar, in the eyes of the government of Myanmar." 1398:. Thus there is "Myanma Airways" (correct spelling) and "Myanmar Airways" (incorrect spelling, but used officially and recognised anyway). Some English speakers have even coined the adjective "Myanmarese" or "Myanmese", to follow English rather than Burmese grammatical rules. These adjectives are not recommended as most natives of Myanmar preferred to be called either the old way of "Burmese", "Myanmar", or "Myanma" representing the many diverse races in the country. 34: 619: 3875: 3447: 3885: 3471: 565: 853:. It is written in early Burmese script. Although the middle of the front side of this stone is damaged, the first line of the better-protected reverse side clearly shows မြန်မာပြည် ("Mranma kingdom"). The inscription is known as the 'Yadana Kon Htan Inscription'. At present it is in Bagan recorded as stone number 43 in the Archaeological Department's collection. 3459: 905:. When the Japanese used their own syllabary, they transliterated the three consonants of the Dutch name "Birma" and ended up with the name Biruma (ビルマ). At the time of independence in 1948, the "Union of Burma" was the name that was chosen for the new country, being further amended as the "Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma" in 1974, following a 1962 921:
the country while the name Bama was kept to its original meaning. Both are widespread use in colloquial usage. Most still use Bama/Myanma interchangeably, to refer to the country, depending on the context. Ironically, because of the official renaming of the country, the dominant ethnic group is now known by its colloquial name,
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The Italian linguist Franco Maria Messina writes about it: «The Burmese language, the language spoken by the Bama people, presents the linguistic phenomenon known as diglossia: that is to say that two languages coexist in one, a high language, "H", and a low, spoken, more popular, language, "L". The
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by "welcom the Burmese delegation to the UPR working group". Myanmar's delegate insisted that the American delegation should use the name "Myanmar", and appealed to the session's president to enforce that rule. The latter commented that "we're here to discuss human rights in Myanmar, we're not here
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historically referred only to the Burmans and not other ethnic minorities, Burmese governments in the post-independence period have instituted a differentiation of meaning between Mranma and Bama in the official Burmese language usage. The name Myanma/Myanmar was expanded to include all citizens of
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dialects, in which "ar" (without a following vowel) is also pronounced as long "a" (often given as "ah" in American English). However, in variants of English in which final "r" is pronounced, such as standard American English, adding this final "r" leads to a pronunciation very different from the
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In Bengali the name is ব্রহ্মদেশ or 'Brahmadesh'. It is the same in case of Sanskrit and Sanskrit-based languages in other parts of India. This name predates the Portuguese or British names but it is not clear whether this name has roots connected to the 'Mrnma' people or it predates them also.
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Since the Burmese government's 1989 decision to use "Myanmar" rather than "Burma" when using English, adoption of the new name in the English-speaking world has been mixed. Use of "Burma", along with many other name changes within Myanmar has remained widespread, largely based on the question of
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Finally, a lot of criticism also focused on the lack of linguistic soundness of the reform. Only four language scholars sat in the 1989 commission, while the majority of the commission was made up of military officials and civil servants with no particular knowledge of linguistics. The new names
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In 1989, the military regime of Burma set up a commission in charge of reviewing the place names of Burma in the English language. The aim of the commission was to correct the spelling of the place names of Burma in English, to discard spellings chosen by British colonial authorities in the 19th
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While the use of the name "Myanmar" is widespread and rivals the use of "Burma", adoption of adjectival forms has been far more limited; in general, terms in use before 1989 have persisted. Citizens of Burma, regardless of their ethnicity, are known as "Burmese", while the dominant ethnicity is
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Another approach taken by some historians is to continue to use the name "Burma" for describing the history of the country prior to the 1988 military coup and "Myanmar" from there on. This also contravenes the intentions of the government, whose naming reform in 1989 was to apply to the entire
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to discuss the name of the country", and asked the American delegation to use Myanmar's official, UN-recognised name. The American delegate continued her comments on human rights violations in Myanmar, without using either name for the country. On 19 November 2012, US President
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YANGON, Burma (AP) — Officially at least, America still calls this Southeast Asian nation Burma, the favored appellation of dissidents and pro-democracy activists who opposed the former military junta's move to summarily change its name 23 years
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In the decades preceding independence, independence parties were in search of a name for the new country to be born, which would be made up not only of Burmese-speaking people, but also of many minorities. In the 1920s, some favoured the name
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at first opposed the new name "Myanmar", pointing out the hypocritical justification of inclusivity put forward by the regime. Opposition parties, although they oppose the English name "Myanmar", do not oppose the official Burmese name
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may have more of an emotional resonance to readers. Historically Japan used the Chinese characters of "Menden" (緬甸) to refer to Burma. This form remains in contemporary usage in abbreviations; for example, the World War II-era
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In April 2016, soon after taking office, Aung San Suu Kyi clarified that foreigners are free to use either name, "because there is nothing in the constitution of our country that says that you must use any term in particular."
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still refers to the country as "Burma". The United States government attributes its choice to support for the party deemed to have won the 1990 election but been denied power by the junta. That party opposes the new name.
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is the official name of the country in the Burmese language, and the aim of the commission was to have English place names aligned with Burmese place names and pronunciation. Second, the commission thought that the name
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In the Burmese language, there have been controversies about the name of the country since the 1930s, and the decision of the regime in 1989 carried the controversy into the English language. The regime believes that
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in the mid-19th century was the first to refer to himself as the king of the 'Mranma people', in an attempt to ethnicise his rule, at a time when his rule was largely confined to the Irrawaddy Valley and the
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In English, the official name chosen for the country at the time of independence was "Burma". This was already the name that the British called their colony before 1948. This name most likely comes from
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According to the replacement, the name of the dominant ethnicity of Burma, whose people speak the Burmese language, is "Bamar" (again, final "r" only added to denote a long "a" in Burmese). Thus,
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called "Burman". The language of the Burmans, however, is known as the Burmese language, not as the Burman language, although confusingly enough the "Burmese" language is considered one of the
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in the spoken register and in the literary register, respectively. As such, some groups—particularly non-Burmans minorities—consider these names to be exclusionary.
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adopted often lacked serious linguistic credibility, and some appear questionable (the final "r" at the end of the name Myanmar makes sense only for a speaker of a
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have adopted the name "Myanmar". Others have continued to use "Burma", some of whom have switched to using "Myanmar" years after the name change, such as the
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complained about the US insistence of calling his country "Burma" instead of "Myanmar" as it was renamed more than a decade ago. In January 2011, during the
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Ma Thanegi records that the first use of the name 'Mranma' for the country is to be found on a 3 feet (91 cm) high stone inscription dated 597 ME (
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The regime changed the name of the country when using English; it did not change the official name of the country in Burmese. Former opposition leader
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first one is just used in religious ceremonies and in written official documents, while the second is in use every day». See Franco Maria Messina,
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as the official name of the country. Culturally, when speaking, locals refer to the country as Burma, but in literature, it is named "Myanmar".
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in both its official and popular names worldwide. The choice of names stems from the existence of two different names for the country in
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A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and discursive
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As for the country's name, the commission decided to replace the English name "Burma" with "Myanmar", for three reasons. First,
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crossed Patkai hills to come to Assam valley from Myanmar. The period of Burmese invasions to Assam are known as মানৰ দিন
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Quite the opposite of being more inclusive, opposition parties and human rights groups contend that the new English name "
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which was borrowed by the Portuguese from any of the Indian languages in the 16th or 17th century. This Indian name
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What's in a name? Not much, according to Aung San Suu Kyi, who tells diplomats they can use Myanmar or Burma
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Most people, even in Burma, are unaware of these subtleties, as it occurs only in the spoken language and
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to reflect the fact that the "r" sound is no longer used in Standard Burmese and merged with a "y" glide.
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history of the country. Those using this approach argue that it is the most politically neutral option.
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Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c. 800-1830, volume 1, Integration on the Mainland
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by Burmeses themselves, except when speaking in formal or emphatic way. Cited in Franco Maria Messina,
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Media usage is also mixed. In spite of the usage by the US government, American news outlets including
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and was adopted by English in the 18th century. The Portuguese name itself, a Latinate back-formation (
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is pronounced. In the low tone, the final vowel "a" is lengthened. The commission was influenced by
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Defiled on the Ayeyarwaddy: One Woman's Mid-Life Travel Adventures on Myanmar's Great River
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whether the regime has the legitimacy to change the country's name, particularly without a
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in 849, and called themselves Mranma. The earliest record discovered of the word was in a
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in the 19th century. In the 1930s, the left-wing independence parties favoured the name
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Both names derive ultimately from the endonym of the largest ethnic group in Burma, the
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on her second visit to the country, referred to the nation as both Myanmar and Burma.
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century, and adopt spellings closer to the actual Burmese pronunciation (compare with
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Bermah (Earliest European maps as old as the 18th century spelled Burma with an 'e'.)
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Sociolinguistics: An International Handbook of the Science of Language and Society
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is more common in written language. Popular Japanese fictional works such as
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in French. As in the past, French-language media today consistently use
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In Japan, although the Japanese government's basic position is to use
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Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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by shortening of the first syllable, from loss of nasal final "an" (
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According to the Scottish orientalist Henry Yule (Hobson-Jobson:
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and other languages of Southeast Asia, has different levels of
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during the Universal Periodic Review of Myanmar, January 2011
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in the US use terms such as "Myanmar, also known as Burma".
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ethnic group, but all ethnic groups present in the country.
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Correspondence of terms before and after the 1989 renaming
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Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (December 2007).
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inscription dated 1102, inside which the name was spelled
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Countries by the number of recognized official languages
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remains unclear. The "Burmans" who entered the central
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may be used more often in the spoken language, while
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Burma Or Myanmar? The Struggle for National Identity
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set up by the Japanese occupation forces during the
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is the written, literary name of the country, while
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Cambridge University Press. pp. 88–112. 1547:is still referred to almost exclusively as the 1261:, and US-based international news agencies the 1093:, while opponents point out that historically, 1041:was more inclusive of minorities than the name 1833: 1831: 1513: 1500: 976:Early usage of the English term Burma varies: 970:, but it may also derive from the Indian name 4449:Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa 3915: 3508: 2751: 2171:Government of Canada, Global Affairs Canada. 1441:("Maan Country") since the time when the 1st 841:) or 1235 CE. The stone is from the reign of 741:is supposed to have originated from the name 596: 8: 4476:International Organization of Turkic Culture 2721:"Etymologically, Myanmar = Burma: Round Two" 1924: 1922: 1742:(in Burmese). Yangon: Htin Kyi. p. 133. 4529:Lists of country names in various languages 2440:"Confusion remains about Burma name change" 856:Today in Burmese the name is still spelled 684:In the Burmese language, Burma is known as 4443:Community of Portuguese Language Countries 4183: 4172: 4058:Countries and capitals in native languages 3954: 3943: 3922: 3908: 3900: 3515: 3501: 3493: 3236: 3175: 3044: 2958: 2778: 2758: 2744: 2736: 2655:"Information on Burma and the name change" 1204:recognize "Myanmar" as the official name. 765:may be a later transformation of the name 603: 589: 19: 2249:. Bristol, England: Hybrid News Limited. 2173:"Embassy of Canada to Myanmar, in Yangon" 1841:Mental culture in Burmese crisis politics 1805:. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 56. 1554:Myanmar is known by a name deriving from 1468:in the Middle Chinese of the period, and 1413:and minorities are collectively known as 486:Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw 1312: 653:, which are used in different contexts. 2489:Kumano, Shin'ichirō (6 February 2012). 1656: 1654: 1622: 22: 2680:"Myanmar, bama, oh heck, simply Burma" 1753: 1751: 1749: 1628: 1626: 1174:Association of Southeast Asian Nations 1002:Burma (Common stable spelling used in 818:valley in the 9th century founded the 2583:from the original on 12 December 2017 2296:from the original on 11 December 2022 2183:from the original on 14 November 2018 2109:"Burma vs. Myanmar: What's in a Name" 1907:from the original on 11 November 2020 1758:Hall, DGE (1960). "Pre-Pagan Burma". 1703:, Indiamirabilis, (in Italian), 2009. 1648:, Indiamirabilis, (in Italian), 2009. 1507:, often media organisations indicate 1396:the spelling "မြန်မ" is not mandatory 1170:2011–2012 democratic reforms in Burma 1089:is more inclusive of minorities than 958:Alemanha), came from the Indian name 430:Ministry of International Cooperation 387:Self-Administered Zones and Divisions 382:States, Regions and Union Territories 73:National Defence and Security Council 7: 3458: 2678:Lintner, Bertil (19 December 1999). 2636:. Enchanting Myanmar. Archived from 2610:. ThingsAsian Press, San Francisco. 2573:"L'actualité sur Birmanie par L'Obs" 2152:from the original on 8 November 2018 2121:from the original on 21 January 2009 2029:from the original on 23 January 2012 2017:Roughneen, Simon (22 January 2012). 1998:from the original on 22 January 2017 1971:from the original on 7 November 2018 1929:Scrivener, Leslie (6 October 2007). 1717:. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. 1279:changed to using "Myanmar" in 2014. 1232:, accompanied by Secretary of State 983:Birmah (Charles Thomson map of 1827) 925:, rather than by its literary name, 2917:State Peace and Development Council 2696:"Hobson-Jobson Dictionary entry on 2523:. Ambafrance-mm.org. Archived from 2370:"Why Burma? Why Myanmar? Why Both?" 1941:from the original on 7 October 2012 1097:is only a more literary version of 999:Burmah (Eugene William's map, 1883) 966:may derive from colloquial Burmese 4063:Country names in various languages 2634:"The Origin Of The Word "MYANMAR"" 2253:. 19 November 2012. Archived from 1297:government, led by Prime Minister 14: 2368:Memmott, Mark (2 December 2012). 2322:from the original on 26 June 2014 3883: 3874: 3873: 3469: 3457: 3446: 3445: 2450:from the original on 8 June 2014 2380:from the original on 3 June 2012 1876:from the original on 30 May 2020 1866:"Should it be Burma or Myanmar?" 1667:. Vol. 3/3 (2nd ed.). 1437:the country is known as মান দেশ 996:Burma (Keith Johnson's map 1803) 794:is "strong". He also added that 674:Republic of the Union of Myanmar 637:The country known in English as 617: 563: 545:National Human Rights Commission 32: 4554:1989 in international relations 4359:List of Indo-European languages 4155:Languages of the European Union 2661:. AsiaExplorers. Archived from 2632:Aung, Kyaw Zaw (19 June 2012). 2142:"Australian Embassy in Myanmar" 2084:. World Scientific. p. 2. 2049:Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1895:Teng, Tiffany (15 April 2017). 1491:is derived from the same term. 993:Burmah (Samuel Dunn's map 1787) 3841:British Indian Ocean Territory 1409:plus many minorities; and the 1405:is a country inhabited by the 1282:Some other sources, including 1: 4468:Organization of Turkic States 2446:. News Limited. 4 June 2014. 2341:Jon Williams (14 June 2012). 2023:The Christian Science Monitor 1586:in both Italian and Spanish, 1309:Adjectival forms and demonyms 749:), reduced to non-nasal "a" ( 4539:Geographical naming disputes 4318:By number of native speakers 3126:State Administration Council 2872:Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom 2399:Steinberg, David I. (2001). 2374:The Two-Way: NPR's News Blog 1994:. U.S. Department of State. 1254:International Herald Tribune 839:Traditional Burmese calendar 109:State Administration Council 4330:By number of total speakers 2927:2011–2015 political reforms 2409:Georgetown University Press 2403:Burma: The State of Myanmar 1773:Victor B Lieberman (2003). 1701:Quale nome per la Birmania? 1646:Quale nome per la Birmania? 1582:being the local version of 1520:in parentheses afterwards. 1476:). 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Politics of Myanmar

Constitution
2008 Constitution
Constitutional Tribunal
Than Kyaw
National Defence and Security Council
President
list
Min Aung Hlaing
State Administration Council
Chairman
Min Aung Hlaing
Vice Chairman
Soe Win
Vice-President
Myint Swe
Prime Minister
list
Min Aung Hlaing
Deputy Prime Minister
Soe Win
Mya Tun Oo
Tin Aung San
Win Shein
Than Swe
Cabinet
Provisional Government
Legislature
House of Nationalities

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