2. LANGUAGE
Official language
* Burmese language
- spoken as a native language by the
majority of Burmans and as a second language by most
native speakers of other language in the country.
- Native to Myanmar - Ethnicity Bamar
FAMILY LANGUAGE
- Sino-Tibetan > Lolo- Burmese> Burmish>
Burmese
3. ETHNIC GROUPS
• 135 ethnic groups
- in the country but Rohingya Muslims are
rendered stateless and stripped of citizenship.
What is the largest ethnic group?
- Shan
4. CLIMATE
Most of Myanmar has tropical monsoon climate
with three season:
• Cool- November to February
• Hot- March to May
• Unlikely to experience any rain.
5. RELIEF
- Myanmar slopes from north to south,
from an elevation of 19,296 feet (5,881 meters)
at mount Hkakabo(the country’s highest peak) in
the extreme north to sea level at the Irrawaddy
(ayeyarwady) and Sittang (Sittoung) river deltas.
