<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Burmese script . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script . </Td> </Tr> <P> The country known in English as both Myanmar and Burma has undergone changes in both its official and popular names worldwide . The choice of names stems from the existence of two different names for the country in Burmese, which are used in different contexts . </P> <P> The official English name was changed by the country's government from the "Union of Burma" to the "Union of Myanmar" in 1989, and still later to the "Republic of the Union of Myanmar", which since then has been the subject of controversies and mixed incidences of adoption . </P> <P> In the Burmese language Myanmar is known as either Myanma (မြန်မာ (mjəmà) MLCTS: mranma) or Bama (ဗမာ (bəmà) MLCTS: ba.ma). Myanma is the written, literary name of the country, while Bama is the spoken name of the country . Burmese, like Javanese and other languages of Southeast Asia, has different levels of register, with sharp differences between literary and spoken language . </P>

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