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Before the ancestors of the Bamar ethnic group arrived in the central part of the present-day Myanmar/Burma, there was the Pyu-speaking people, the earliest recorded inhabitants of Upper Burma; they established city-states that existed from from about 2nd century BCE to the rise of the Pagan Kingdom in about mid-11th century.

The decline of the Pyu language actually began in the late 9th century when the ancestors of the Bamar ethnic group arrived from Nanzhao Kingdom in what is now Yunnan,China. The decline in its usage was slow; it was still used in the er of the Pagan Empire, at least in royal inscriptions and as vernacular until the late 12th century. The following century, Pyu language became extinct, replaced by Burmese language. Both languages belonged to the Tibeto-Burmese language family.

Here's the question: What if Pyu language actually survived and became one of the major languages of the country in the present era? Will it affect the history of Myanmar/Burma, or not?

Share your thoughts on this scenario. Thanks!
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