diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9d36c575..36cc8d2b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ phsource/phonemes.stamp: \
 	phsource/ph_basque \
 	phsource/ph_bengali \
 	phsource/ph_bulgarian \
+	phsource/ph_burmese \
 	phsource/ph_catalan \
 	phsource/ph_consonants \
 	phsource/ph_croatian \
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ 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 \
@@ -640,6 +642,12 @@ dictsource/ms_extra:
 espeak-data/ms_dict: src/espeak 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 --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..5e3686e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dictsource/my_list
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+//စပေါ် zəbɔ
+//soldier sold
+//How zəbɔ
+//က    kə
diff --git a/dictsource/my_rules b/dictsource/my_rules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e639088c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dictsource/my_rules
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// 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 စ
+        စ    zə
+
+.group ပ
+        ပ    bə
+
+.group က
+        က    kə
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..7d6a15a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phsource/ph_burmese
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+// 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)
+//endphoneme
+
+phoneme ə    //  Schwa
+  vowel   starttype #@  endtype #@
+  unstressed
+  length 140
+  IfNextVowelAppend(r-)
+  IF thisPh(isWordEnd) THEN
+    FMT(vowel/@_6, 90)
+  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/@)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ɔ
+  vowel   starttype #@  endtype #@
+  unstressed
+  length 140
+  IfNextVowelAppend(r-)
+  IF thisPh(isWordEnd) THEN
+    FMT(vowel/@_6, 90)
+  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/@)
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme o
+  vowel   starttype #@  endtype #@
+  unstressed
+  length 140
+  IfNextVowelAppend(r-)
+  IF thisPh(isWordEnd) THEN
+    FMT(vowel/@_6, 90)
+  ENDIF
+  FMT(vowel/@)
+endphoneme
+
+//===========
+// CONSONANTS
+//===========
+
+phoneme mh //voiceless
+  vls blb nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme m
+  vcd blb nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme nh
+  vls alv nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme n
+  vcd alv nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ɲh
+  vls pal nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ɲ
+  vcd pal nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ŋh
+  vls vel nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ŋ
+  vcd vel nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ɴ
+  vcd glt nasal
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme p
+  vls blb stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme b
+  vcd blb stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ph //aspirated
+  vls blb stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme t
+  vls alv stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme d
+  vcd alv stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme th
+  vls alv stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme tɕ
+  vls pla afr sibilant
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme dʑ
+  vcd pla afr sibilant
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme tɕh
+  vls pla afr sibilant
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme k
+  import_phoneme base/k
+//  vls vel stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme g
+  vcd vel stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme kh
+  vls vel stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ʔ
+  vls glt stop
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme θ
+  vls dnt frc
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ð
+  vcd dnt frc
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme s
+  vls alv frc sibilant
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme z
+  import_phoneme base/z
+//  vcd alv frc sibilant
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme sh //aspirated not palatal
+  vls alv frc sibilant
+endphoneme
+
+phoneme ʃ
+  vls pla frc sibilant
+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
+endphoneme
+
diff --git a/phsource/phonemes b/phsource/phonemes
index b891486b..c1e91622 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
-
-
-phonemetable mt base
-include ph_maltese
-
-phonemetable bo hi
-include ph_tibetan
-
-phonemetable kk base
-include ph_kazakh
-
-phonemetable tt base
-include ph_tatar
-
-phonemetable ko base
-include ph_korean
-
-phonemetable kl base
-include ph_greenlandic
-
-phonemetable om base
-include ph_oromo
-
-//phonemetable en-test base
-//include ph_english_test
+phonemetable my base
+include ph_burmese