The Burmese language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman group of the Tibeto-Chinese family of languages, but, unlike Chinese, it is not ideographic. That is, it does not have characters which originated ...

Journalists with the Shan State-based news outlet Shwe Phee Myay continue to report amid civil war and repression.

For all the alien influences around him, his language is Burmese pure and undefiled. His themes, too, are Burmese, Buddhist and even traditional. He is a scholar who has drunk deep of ancient ...

Have you heard anyone say 'kalar' before? Was it an insult? Or was someone just talking about a green chili, or a lentil, or a chair?

Swe Swe Aye, editor of the Myanmar Gazette, a Burmese language newspaper based in Southern California, says she is already hearing that the number of deaths is closer to 200. Phone and internet ...

Burmese-language major Ishikawa Wataru had his heart set on studying in Myanmar this year. February's military coup left his plan in tatters, but it also inspired him to take action from within Japan.

Burmese language graduate Ishikawa Wataru attended university in Tokyo and was set to visit Myanmar to study. But the coup shattered his plan, and he has now turned to volunteer work that brings ...