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Myanmar

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Myanmar is a Unicode block containing characters for the Burmese, Mon, Shan, Palaung, and the Karen languages of Myanmar, as well as the Aiton and Phake languages of Northeast India. It is also used to write Pali and Sanskrit in Myanmar. Block The block has sixteen variation sequences defined for standardized variants. They use (VS01) to denote the dotted letters used for the Khamti, Aiton, and Phake languages. (Note that this is font dependent. For example, the Padauk font supports some of the dotted forms.) History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Myanmar block:

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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“Enlightenment finds its way even among the outer barbarians.”
— Inscription on the joss-house of a Chinaman in the outskirts of Mandalay, as reported in James George Scott, Burma: As It Was, as It Is, and as It Will Be (1886), p. 75

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Myanmar: country in Southeast Asia

Notable quotes

“Enlightenment finds its way even among the outer barbarians.”
— Inscription on the joss-house of a Chinaman in the outskirts of Mandalay, as reported in James George Scott, Burma: As It Was, as It Is, and as It Will Be (1886), p. 75

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Myanmar is a Unicode block containing characters for the Burmese, Mon, Shan, Palaung, and the Karen languages of Myanmar, as well as the Aiton and Phake languages of Northeast India. It is also used to write Pali and Sanskrit in Myanmar. Block The block has sixteen variation sequences defined for standardized variants. They use (VS01) to denote the dotted letters used for the Khamti, Aiton, and Phake languages. (Note that this is font dependent. For example, the Padauk font supports some of the dotted forms.) History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Myanmar block:

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).