Languages of Myanmar

86 languages of the index are spoken in Myanmar; 1 has official status (Burmese). The country has about 53.4 m inhabitants (2017).

86 languages15 endangered or dormantAsiaISO MM / MMR

Official languages

myaBurmeseSino-Tibetan · 42.9 m1 · National

All languages spoken in Myanmar

Language	ISO	Family	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
thaThaiภาษาไทย	`tha`	Kra–Dai	+1	60.7 m	1 · National
myaBurmeseမြန်မာဘာသာစကား	`mya`	Sino-Tibetan		42.9 m	1 · National
nepNepaliनेपाली	`nep`	Indo-European	+1	24.1 m	1 · National
sylSylhetiꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ ꠜꠣꠡꠣ	`syl`	Indo-European	+13	14 m	3 · Wider Communication
kswS'gaw Karen	`ksw`	Sino-Tibetan		4 m	3 · Wider Communication
shnShanလိၵ်ႈတႆး	`shn`	Kra–Dai		3 m	3 · Wider Communication
rhgRohingya	`rhg`	Indo-European		1.8 m	6a · Vigorous
khgKhams Tibetan	`khg`	—		1.5 m	6a · Vigorous
mniMeiteiꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ	`mni`	Sino-Tibetan		1.5 m	2 · Provincial
kacJingpo	`kac`	Sino-Tibetan		940,000	3 · Wider Communication
blkPa'O	`blk`	Sino-Tibetan		860,000	5 · Developing
mnwMonဘာသာမန်	`mnw`	Austroasiatic		850,000	5 · Developing
iumIu Mien	`ium`	Hmong–Mien	+4	820,000	5 · Developing
rkiArakanese Language	`rki`	Sino-Tibetan		765,000	3 · Wider Communication
khbTai Lü	`khb`	Kra–Dai		700,000	2 · Provincial
tddTai Nüa	`tdd`	Kra–Dai	+1	650,000	4 · Educational
ahkAkha	`ahk`	Sino-Tibetan	+2	600,000	5 · Developing
lusMizomizo	`lus`	Sino-Tibetan		500,000	4 · Educational
lhuLahuLadhof	`lhu`	Sino-Tibetan		450,000	4 · Educational
mrhMara	`mrh`	Sino-Tibetan		400,000	4 · Educational
ccpChakmaChangmha Bhach	`ccp`	Indo-European		326,000	5 · Developing
kyuWestern Kayah	`kyu`	—		150,000	5 · Developing
cnhHakha–Chin	`cnh`	Sino-Tibetan		125,000	3 · Wider Communication
kkhKhün	`kkh`	—		120,000	5 · Developing
tjlTai Laing	`tjl`	Kra–Dai		100,000	6b · Threatened
atbZaiwa	`atb`	Sino-Tibetan		80,000	5 · Developing
rawRawang	`raw`	—		63,000	3 · Wider Communication
zomZou	`zom`	Sino-Tibetan		61,000	5 · Developing
kvqGeba Karen	`kvq`	Sino-Tibetan		40,000	5 · Developing
lsiLashi	`lsi`	Sino-Tibetan		30,000	5 · Developing
anmNamfau	`anm`	Sino-Tibetan		23,000	5 · Developing
bweBwe Karen	`bwe`	Sino-Tibetan		17,200	6b · Threatened
duuDerung	`duu`	Sino-Tibetan		14,225	6a · Vigorous
khtKhamti	`kht`	Kra–Dai		13,000	5 · Developing
kvtLahta	`kvt`	Sino-Tibetan		9,550	6a · Vigorous
kxkZayein Karen	`kxk`	Sino-Tibetan		9,300	6a · Vigorous
ckhSak	`ckh`	Sino-Tibetan		4,000	6a · Vigorous
kvyYintale	`kvy`	Sino-Tibetan		1,000	6b · Threatened
pyyPyen	`pyy`	—		600	5 · Developing
lisLisuꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ	`lis`	Sino-Tibetan			3 · Wider Communication
acnAchang	`acn`	Sino-Tibetan			7 · Shifting
mwtMoken	`mwt`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
pyxPyu	`pyx`	—			Extinct
mroMru	`mro`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
nunNung	`nun`	Sino-Tibetan			8a · Moribund
cshShö	`csh`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
kjpEastern Pwoဖၠုံဘာႋသာ့ဆ်ုခၠါင်	`kjp`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
bgrBawm	`bgr`	Sino-Tibetan			6b · Threatened
ctdSukte	`ctd`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
cfmFalam	`cfm`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
zypZyphe	`zyp`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
cmrMro-Khimi	`cmr`	Sino-Tibetan			6b · Threatened
blrBlang	`blr`	Austroasiatic			6a · Vigorous
nbeKonyak	`nbe`	Sino-Tibetan			4 · Educational
pduPadaung	`pdu`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
pwoWestern Pwo	`pwo`	Sino-Tibetan			6b · Threatened
cztZotung	`czt`	—			5 · Developing
hpoHpon	`hpo`	Sino-Tibetan			9 · Dormant
tczThadou	`tcz`	Sino-Tibetan			4 · Educational
rilRiang	`ril`	Austroasiatic			6a · Vigorous
cnkKhumi	`cnk`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
nstTangsa	`nst`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
tvnTavoyan	`tvn`	Sino-Tibetan			6a · Vigorous
nctChothe	`nct`	—			6a · Vigorous
kixKhiamniungan	`kix`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
tlqTai Loi	`tlq`	Austroasiatic			6a · Vigorous
weuWelaung	`weu`	Sino-Tibetan			6a · Vigorous
daoDai	`dao`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
zkdKadu	`zkd`	Sino-Tibetan			6b · Threatened
ybdRamreeရမ်းဗြဲဘာသာစကား	`ybd`	Sino-Tibetan
obrOld Burmese	`obr`	Sino-Tibetan
nqyAkyaung Ari	`nqy`	—			6a · Vigorous
dnuDanau	`dnu`	Austroasiatic			6b · Threatened
pznPara	`pzn`	Sino-Tibetan			6a · Vigorous
tclTaman	`tcl`	Sino-Tibetan			9 · Dormant
prkParauk	`prk`	Austroasiatic			2 · Provincial
cblBualkhaw Chin	`cbl`	—			5 · Developing
kdvKado	`kdv`	Sino-Tibetan			Severely endangered
rbbRumai Palaung	`rbb`	—			5 · Developing
stuSamtao	`stu`	—			6a · Vigorous
yinYinchia	`yin`	Austroasiatic			6b · Threatened
lhiLahu Shi	`lhi`	Sino-Tibetan			5 · Developing
ekyEastern Kayah	`eky`	Sino-Tibetan			6a · Vigorous
ceyEkai	`cey`	Sino-Tibetan			6a · Vigorous
weaWewaw	`wea`	Sino-Tibetan			10 · Extinct
zknKanan	`zkn`	Sino-Tibetan			6a · Vigorous

86 languages · click a column to sort · source: Wikidata