Myanmar

Myanmar (UK pronunciations incl. r, US pronunciations incl. r,John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: ˈmjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə. So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as mɑːr or of Burma as bɜːrmə by some speakers in the UK and all in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final r in Myanmar was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad ah (ɑː) in "father". If the Burmese name label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would be pronounced ə at the end by all English speakers. If it were spelled "Myanmah", the end would be pronounced ɑː by all English speakers.}} below; မြန်မာ ) or Burma (ဗမာ ), officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar,ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတေ is a country in Southeast Asia. Myanmar is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest. Myanmar is the largest country in Mainland Southeast Asia and the 10th largest in Asia by area. As of 2017, the population was about 54 million.