diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b3527b37..6c1748ee 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ phsource/phonemes.stamp: \
 	phsource/ph_basque \
 	phsource/ph_bengali \
 	phsource/ph_bulgarian \
+	phsource/ph_burmese \
 	phsource/ph_catalan \
 	phsource/ph_consonants \
 	phsource/ph_croatian \
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@ dictionaries: \
 	espeak-data/ml_dict \
 	espeak-data/mr_dict \
 	espeak-data/ms_dict \
+	espeak-data/my_dict \
 	espeak-data/nci_dict \
 	espeak-data/ne_dict \
 	espeak-data/nl_dict \
@@ -664,6 +666,12 @@ dictsource/ms_extra:
 espeak-data/ms_dict: src/espeak-ng phsource/phonemes.stamp dictsource/ms_list dictsource/ms_rules dictsource/ms_extra
 	cd dictsource && ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=$(PWD) LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../src:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} ../src/espeak-ng --compile=ms && cd ..
 
+my: espeak-data/my_dict
+dictsource/my_extra:
+	touch dictsource/my_extra
+espeak-data/my_dict: src/espeak phsource/phonemes.stamp dictsource/my_list dictsource/my_rules dictsource/my_extra
+	cd dictsource && ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=$(PWD) LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../src:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} ../src/espeak --compile=my && cd ..
+
 nci: espeak-data/nci_dict
 dictsource/nci_extra:
 	touch dictsource/nci_extra
diff --git a/dictsource/my_list b/dictsource/my_list
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b01fd52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dictsource/my_list
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//စပေါ် zəbɔ
+//soldier sold
+//How zəbɔ
+
+// singe letter words
+//က $nounf
+//က kə3  //$atend
+
+//စ $nounf
+//စ sə3  //$atend
+
+
diff --git a/dictsource/my_rules b/dictsource/my_rules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d11dd1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dictsource/my_rules
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// This file is UTF8 encoded
+// Spelling to phoneme rules for Burmese
+
+//.replace
+//၀ 0 // Convert numbers
+//၁ 1
+//၂ 2
+//၃ 3
+//၄ 4
+//၅ 5
+//၆ 6
+//၇ 7
+//၈ 8
+//၉ 9
+
+.group    က
+         က   k
+         က (်   ɛ
+//   _)  က (_    kə3
+//         က  (ျ    tɕ
+
+.group    ျ
+      ျ     tɕ
+
+.group    ွ
+        ွ    w
+
+//.group    ကျ
+//         ကျ    tɕ
+//         က (ျ    tɕ
+
+.group    ခ
+         ခ   kh
+
+.group    ဂ
+        ဂ   g
+
+.group    ဃ
+         ဃ   g
+
+.group င
+    င    ŋ
+    င်    n
+
+.group    စ
+         စ   s
+
+.group    ဆ
+         ဆ   sh
+
+.group   ဇ
+         ဇ   z
+
+.group    ဈ
+         ဈ   z
+
+.group    ည
+         ည   ɲ
+
+.group    ဉ
+         ဉ   ɲ
+
+.group    ဋ
+         ဋ   t
+
+.group    ဌ
+         ဌ   th
+
+.group    ဍ
+         ဍ   t
+
+.group    ဎ
+         ဎ   d
+
+.group    ဏ
+         ဏ   n
+
+.group    တ
+         တ   t
+
+.group    ထ
+         ထ   th
+
+.group    ဒ
+         ဒ   d
+
+.group    ဓ
+         ဓ   d
+
+.group    န
+         န   n
+
+.group    ပ
+         ပ   p
+
+.group    ဖ
+         ဖ   ph
+
+.group    ဗ
+         ဗ   b
+
+.group    ဘ
+         ဘ   b
+
+.group    မ
+         မ   m
+
+.group    ယ
+         ယ   j
+
+.group    ရ
+         ရ   j
+
+.group    လ
+         လ   l
+
+.group    ဝ
+         ဝ   w
+
+.group    သ
+         သ   θ
+
+.group    ဟ
+         ဟ   h
+
+.group    ဠ
+         ဠ   l
+
+.group    အ
+         အ   ə3
+
+////
+
+.group ေ
+      ေ    e3
+//    က) ေ    e3
+//    @)    ေ    ke3
+
+.group ိ
+    ိ    i
+
+.group ီ
+    ီ    i1
+.group ု
+   ု    u3
+
+.group ူ
+  ူ    u1
+
+.group ို
+    ို    o
+
+.group ာ
+    ာ    ə
+   ါ    ə    
+
+.group း
+    း    2
+
+.group ော
+    ော   ɔ2
+    ော  (်    ɔ1
+    ော  (့    ɔ3
+    ောင်    ɔɴ4
+    ောက်    ɔ4
+
+//.group ော
+//    ော   au2
+//    ော  (်    au1
+//    ော  (့    au3
+//    ောင်    aun4
+
+//.group ်
+//    ်    n
+
diff --git a/espeak-data/voices/my b/espeak-data/voices/my
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7a37bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/espeak-data/voices/my
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+name burmese
+language my
diff --git a/phsource/ph_burmese b/phsource/ph_burmese
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a706cbce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phsource/ph_burmese
@@ -0,0 +1,583 @@
+// http://espeak.sourceforge.net/phontab.html
+//=========================================================
+// Burmese
+//=========================================================
+
+//===========
+// TONES
+//===========
+
+//phoneme 1  //see vietnamese; tones taken from there
+//  stress
+//  Tone(X,Y,...)
+//endphoneme
+
+phoneme 1 //low tone
+  stress
+  Tone(20,35, envelope/i_risefall,NULL)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme 2  //high tone
+  stress
+  Tone(45,80, envelope/p_rise,NULL)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme 3  //creaky tone
+  stress
+  Tone(30,75, envelope/p_214, NULL)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme 4  //checked tone
+  stress
+  Tone(20,35, envelope/i_risefall,NULL)
+endphoneme
+
+
+//===========
+// VOWELS
+//===========
+
+//phoneme X
+//  vowel starttype #X endtype #X
+//  length XXX
+//  FMT(vowel/X_X) //refers to binary file in vowel/ directory
+//endphoneme
+
+
+
+//Oral Vowels
+
+phoneme ə    //  Schwa 
+//cannot be followed by ɴ
+  vowel   starttype #@  endtype #@
+  unstressed
+//   IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2
+//  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2
+//  ELIF nextPh(4) THEN //checked tone
+	//length 213 195 173
+	length 194
+	//f1 785 777 799
+	//f2 1644 1613 1629
+//  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/@)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ɛ 
+//cannot be followed by ɴ
+  vowel starttype #e endtype #e
+  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 184 223 202
+	length 203
+	//formant 561,2055 566,2050 596,1978
+	//f1 561 566 596: 574
+	//f2 2055 2050 1978: 2028
+  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 446 431 360
+	length 412
+	//formant 547,2002 552,1977 558,1976
+	//f1 547 552 558: 552
+	//f2 2002 1977 1976: 1985
+  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 364 306 281
+	length 317
+	//formant 577,2111 545,2063 542,2036
+	//f1 577 545 542: 555
+	//f2 2111 2063 2036: 2070
+  ELIF nextPh(4) THEN //checked tone
+	//length 207 215 204
+	length 209
+	//f1 705 722 715
+	//f2 1975 1866 1871
+  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/e_mid) //chosen at random
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme i
+  vowel starttype #i endtype #i
+  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 159 187 158
+	length 168
+	//f1 418 356 398: 391
+	//f2 2323 2169 2274: 2255
+  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 425 413 385
+	length 408
+	//formant 458,2213 487,2139 412,2215
+	//f1 458 487 412: 452
+	//f2 2213 2139 2215: 2189
+  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 317 338 280
+	length 312
+	//formant 351,2043 350,2287 365,2307
+	//f1 351 350 365: 355
+	//f2 2043 2287 2307: 2212
+  ELIF nextPh(4) THEN //checked tone
+	//length 226 217 211
+	length 218
+	//f1 517 536 542
+	//f2 2209 2185 2191
+  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/i)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme e
+  vowel starttype #e endtype #e
+  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 191 209 191
+	length 197
+	//formant 431,2279 449,2343 457,2230
+	//f1 431 449 457: 446
+	//f2 2279 2343 2230: 2284
+  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 457 467 385
+	length 436
+	//formant 462,2194 453,2152 453,2149
+	//f1 462 453 453: 456
+	//f2 2194 2152 2149: 2165
+  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 328 352 328
+	length 336
+	//formant 451,2313 447,2288 487,2314
+	//f1 451 447 487: 462
+	//f2 2313 2288 2314: 2305
+  ELIF nextPh(4) THEN //checked tone
+	//length 207 225 225
+	length 219
+	//f1 495 502 506
+	//f2 2273 2319 2280
+  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/e)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme u
+  vowel starttype #u endtype #u
+  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 198 216 187
+	length 200
+	//formant 376,1082 363,1072 348,1110
+	//f1 376 363 348: 362
+	//f2 1082 1072 1110: 1088
+  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 508 479 396
+	length 461
+	//formant 377,1254 386,1223 340,1246
+	//f1 377 386 340: 368
+	//f2 1254 1223 1246: 1241
+  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 295 335 277
+	length 302
+	//formant 350,1125 325,1104 326,1183
+	//f1 350 325 326: 3334
+	//f2 1125 1104 1183: 1137
+//  ELIF nextPh(4) THEN //checked tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/u)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme o
+  vowel starttype #o endtype #o
+  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 216 277 216
+	length 236
+	//formant 461,1073 496,1121 505,1047
+	//f1 461 496 505: 487
+	//f2 1073 1121 1047: 1080
+  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 545 471 396
+	length 471
+	//formant 479,1285 477,1167 477,1241
+	//f1 479 477 477: 478
+	//f2 1285 1167 1241: 1231
+  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 360 382 292
+	length 345
+	//formant 449,1038 462,1036 507,1030
+	//f1 449 462 507: 473
+	//f2 1038 1036 1030: 1035
+  ELIF nextPh(4) THEN //checked tone
+	//length 202 211 193
+	length 202
+	//f1 547 542 541
+	//f2 1095 1110 1146
+  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/oo)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ɔ
+  vowel
+  IF nextPh(4) THEN //diphthong with checked tone
+  	starttype #o  endtype #u
+  ELSE
+	starttype #o  endtype #o
+  ENDIF
+  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 252 270 277
+	length 266
+	//formant 601,1073 583,1105 604,1091 
+	//f1 601 583 604: 596
+	//f2 1073 1105 1091: 1090
+  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 453 511 410
+	length 458
+	//formant 549,1028 587,1068 582,1027
+	//f1 549 587 582: 573
+	//f2 1028 1068 1027: 1041
+  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 334 338 302
+	length 325
+	//formant 580,1075 560,1048 578,1097
+	//f1 580 560 578: 573
+	//f2 1075 1049 1097: 1074
+  ELIF nextPh(4) THEN //checked tone
+	//length 202 224 180
+	length 202
+	//f1 888 851 840
+	//f2 1290 1317 1321 
+  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/oo_en) //formant
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme a
+  vowel
+  IF nextPh(4) THEN //diphthong with checked tone
+  	starttype #a  endtype #i
+  ELSE
+	starttype #a  endtype #a
+  ENDIF
+//  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ELIF nextPh(4) THEN //checked tone
+	//length 246 244 209
+	length 233
+	//f1 806 753 734
+	//f2 1789 1862 1928
+//  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/oo_en) //formant
+endphoneme
+
+//Nasal Vowels
+//Nasal vowels cannot take checked tone
+
+phoneme iɴ
+  vowel starttype #i endtype #i
+//  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2	
+//  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 379 400 359
+	length 379
+	//f1 479 548 577
+	//f2 2015 2235 2126
+//  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/i)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme eɴ
+  vowel starttype #e endtype #e
+//  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 417 476 497
+	length 463
+	//f1 478 550 605
+	//f2 2323 2295 2292
+//  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/e)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme uɴ
+  vowel starttype #u endtype #u
+//  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/u)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme oɴ
+  vowel starttype #a endtype #u
+//  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 372 371 329
+	length 357
+	//f1 530 559 573
+	//f2 1006 1035 1057
+//  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/oo)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ɔɴ
+  vowel  starttype #o  endtype #u
+//  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 
+//	length
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 572 582 395
+	length 511
+	//f1 823 840 801
+	//f2 1463 1535 1393
+//  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/oo_en) //formant
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme aɴ
+  vowel  starttype #a  endtype #i
+//  IF nextPh(3) THEN //creaky tone
+	//length 
+//	length
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ELIF nextPh(1) THEN //low tone
+	//length 451 393 357
+	length 400
+	//f1 776 762 792
+	//f2 1908 1772 1753
+//  ELIF nextPh(2) THEN //high tone
+	//length 
+//	length 
+	//f1 
+	//f2 
+//  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/a) //formant
+endphoneme
+
+
+//===========
+// CONSONANTS
+//===========
+
+phoneme mh //voiceless
+  vls blb nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme m
+  //vcd blb nasal
+  import_phoneme base/m
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme nh
+  vls alv nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme n
+  //vcd alv nasal
+  import_phoneme base/n
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ɲh
+  vls pal nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ɲ
+  //vcd pal nasal palatal
+  import_phoneme base/n^
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ŋh
+  vls vel nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ŋ
+  //vcd vel nasal
+  import_phoneme base/N
+endphoneme
+
+//phoneme ɴ
+//  vcd glt nasal
+//endphoneme
+
+phoneme p
+  //vls blb stop
+  import_phoneme base/b
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme b
+  //vcd blb stop
+  import_phoneme base/b
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ph //aspirated
+  vls blb stop
+  import_phoneme base/p
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme t
+  //vls alv stop
+  import_phoneme base/d
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme d
+  //vcd alv stop
+  import_phoneme base/d
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme th
+  vls alv stop
+  import_phoneme base/t
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme tɕ
+  //vls pla afr sibilant
+  import_phoneme base/tS
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme dʑ
+  //vcd pla afr sibilant
+  import_phoneme base/dZ
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme tɕh
+  vls pla afr sibilant
+  // aspirated
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme k
+  //vls vel stop
+  import_phoneme base/k
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme g
+  //vcd vel stop
+  import_phoneme base/g
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme kh
+  vls vel stop
+  import_phoneme base/k
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ʔ
+  vls glt stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme θ
+  //vls dnt frc
+  import_phoneme base/T
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ð
+  //vcd dnt frc
+  import_phoneme base/D
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme s
+  //vls alv frc sibilant
+  import_phoneme base/s
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme z
+  //vcd alv frc sibilant
+  import_phoneme base/z
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme sh //aspirated not palatal
+  vls alv frc sibilant
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ʃ
+  //vls pla frc sibilant
+  import_phoneme base/S
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme h
+  vls glt frc
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme j
+  vcd pal liquid
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ɹ
+  vcd alv liquid
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme wh //voiceless
+  vls blb liquid
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme w
+  vcd blb liquid
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme lh //voiceless
+  vls alv liquid
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme l
+  //vcd alv liquid
+  import_phoneme base/l  
+endphoneme
+
diff --git a/phsource/phonemes b/phsource/phonemes
index b8ebe4b5..3284aec3 100644
--- a/phsource/phonemes
+++ b/phsource/phonemes
@@ -1728,14 +1728,14 @@ include ph_finnish
 phonemetable et base
 include ph_estonian
 
-phonemetable fr base
-include ph_french
+//phonemetable fr base
+//include ph_french
 
-phonemetable fr-ca fr
-include ph_french_ca
+//phonemetable fr-ca fr
+//include ph_french_ca
 
-phonemetable nl base
-include ph_dutch
+//phonemetable nl base
+//include ph_dutch
 
 
 phonemetable hi_base base
@@ -1899,90 +1899,6 @@ include ph_farsi
 phonemetable ar base
 include ph_arabic
 
-
-//**************************************************************************************
-// The following lines are experimental, for future additions.
-// These langauges are not in a usable state.
-// These lines can be deleted.
-
-phonemetable rw base2
-include ph_kinyarwanda
-
-//phonemetable mn base
-//include ph_mongolian
-
-phonemetable prs base
-include ph_dari
-
-phonemetable sl pl
-include ph_slovenian
-
-phonemetable gd base
-include ph_s_gaelic
-
-phonemetable nso base
-include ph_northern-sotho
-
-phonemetable ht fr
-include ph_haitian
-
-phonemetable az tr
-include ph_azerbaijani
-
-phonemetable ak base
-include ph_akan
-
-phonemetable am base
-include ph_amhari
-
-phonemetable wo base
-include ph_wolof
-
-phonemetable dv hi_base
-include ph_divehi
-
-phonemetable te hi_base
-include ph_telugu
-
-phonemetable si hi_base
-include ph_sinhala
-
-phonemetable as bn
-include ph_assamese
-
-phonemetable or bn
-include ph_oriya
-
-phonemetable mni bn
-include ph_manipuri
-
-
-
-phonemetable tn base
-include ph_setswana
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-phonemetable mt base
-include ph_maltese
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-phonemetable bo hi
-include ph_tibetan
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-phonemetable kk base
-include ph_kazakh
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-phonemetable tt base
-include ph_tatar
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-phonemetable ko base
-include ph_korean
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-phonemetable kl base
-include ph_greenlandic
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-phonemetable om base
-include ph_oromo
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-//phonemetable en-test base
-//include ph_english_test
+phonemetable my base
+include ph_burmese