Myanmar (Burma)

မြန်မာ

Waiting for the first voice

تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.

Saadi, Gulistan, chapter I, story 3

No advice from here yet. Know an elder from this country? Your recording could be the first: 2–3 minutes on a phone.

Thanakha is a paste of ground tree bark, used in Myanmar as a natural cosmetic for what is believed to be over 1,000 years. (source)

of people are 65 or older: 7.5%
people aged 65 or older: 4.1M
will be 65 or older in 2050: 13.6%
is how long people live after 60, on average: 18.3 years
of people 65+ live alone: 5.7%; women 7.2%, men 3.6%
of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like: 3.1%

Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2016; UN, 2014 census

127 languages, 50 of them endangered

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Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.

List and years: ich.unesco.org

Record their advice in their native language: 2–3 minutes on a phone.