Literary Language and Spoken Language
Burmese language, literary and spoken, is called မြန်မာဘာသာ (mranma bhasa ), with ဘာသာ (from Pali bhasa, "language"). The language is classified into two categories. One is formal, used in literary works, official publications, radio broadcasts, and formal speeches. The other is colloquial, used in daily conversation and spoken. This is reflected in the Burmese words for "language": စာ (ca ) refers to written, literary language, and စကား (ca.ka: ) refers to spoken language. Burmese therefore can mean either မြန်မာစာ mranma ca (written Burmese), or မြန်မာစကား mranma ca.ka: (spoken Burmese). The မြန်မာ (mranma) portion of these names may be pronounced or, more colloquially, ဗမာ .
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