Foreign listeners recognize familiar timbres - piano, violin, mandolin, Hawaiian slide guitar, Chinese lute (byat saun), concertina, euphonium, banjo, trombone -and delight in a totally new character ...

Burmese, as is true of many Oriental languages ... but also one of the most musical in the East; its subtleties of sound have greatly enriched our poetry. Our grammar is very simple, but its ...