The traditional Burmese units of measurement is a system of measurement used in Myanmar.
Myanmar was one of three countries that had not adopted the International System of Units (SI) metric system as their official system of weights and measures according to the 2010 CIA Factbook. However, in June 2011, U Kyaw Htoo from the Myanmar government's Ministry of Commerce began discussing proposals to reform the measurement system in Myanmar and adopt the kilogram for domestic trade, reasoning that this would simplify foreign trade which it conducts exclusively in metric; and in October 2013, Pwint San, Deputy Minister for Commerce, announced that the country was preparing to adopt the metric system.
, the traditional unit of measurement, 'basket', remains widely used in Myanmar's agriculture production. Length + Table of length unitsUnitMetricImperial/USRatio topreviousBurmeseRomanizedhsanchi79.375 μm thou/milhnan793.75 μm thou/mil 10muyaw4.7625 mm in 6let thit19.05 mm in; one digit 4maik(from Pali )152.4 mm6 in; one shaftment 8htwa228.6 mm9 in; one span 1.5taung457.2 mm ft; one cubit 2lan1.8288 m6 ft; one fathom 4ta3.2004 m ft 1.75out-thaba(from Pali )64.008 m70 yd 20kawtha(from Pali )1.28016 km0.795455 mi 20ga-wout(from Pali )5.12064 km3.18182 mi; about one league 4yuzana(from Pali )20.48256 km12.7273 mi 4
Mass + Table of mass unitsUnitMetricImperial/USRatio toprevious Burmese Romanized yway lay 136.078 mg 2.1 grain yway gyi 272.155 mg 4.2 grain 2 petha 1.02058 g 15.75 grain 3.75 mutha 2.04117 g 31.5 grain 2 mattha 4.08233 g 63 grain 2 nga muthaLiterally "five mutha", but in fact it is only four. 8.16466 g 0.288 oz 2 kyatthaTraditionally known as a tical in English. 16.3293 g 0.576 oz 2 awettha 204.117 g 7.2 oz 12.5 aseittha 408.233 g 14.4 oz 2 ngase tha 816.466 g 1.8 lb 2 peitthaTraditionally known as a viss in English. 1.63293 kg 3.6 lb 2 achein taya 163.293 kg 360 lb 100
Volume + Table of volume unitsUnitMetricImperialUSRatio toprevious Burmese Romanized လမြူ la myu 79.9118 mL fl oz2 .70214 fl oz လမျက် la myet 159.824 mL fl oz 5.40428 fl oz 2 လမယ် la me 319.647 mL fl oz 10.8086 fl oz 2 စလယ် sa le 639.294 mL pints 1.35107 pints 2 ခွက် hkwet / khwet 1.27859 L qt 1.35107 qt 2 ပြည် pyi 2.55718 L qt 2.70214 qt 2 စရွတ် (archaic) sayut 5.11435 L qt 5.4043 qt 2 စိတ် seit 10.2287 L gallons pecks 2.70214 gallons1.16106 pecks 2 ခွဲ hkwe / khwe 20.4574 L gallons pecks 5.40428 gallons2.32213 pecks 2 တင်း tin 40.9148 L 9 gallons bushels 10.8086 gallons1.16107 bushels 2
Money + Table of money unitsUnitEquivalent toBurmeseRomanizedpyamumatnga mukyat1 pya11 mu1011 mat2515 mu (nga mu)505211 kyat10010421
Adoption of SI (metric) system
In October 2013, the Ministry of Commerce announced that Myanmar was preparing to adopt the International System of Units (SI) as the country's official system of measurement.
Examples of metrication in Myanmar include weather forecasts by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology being given with temperatures in Celsius. Petrol in Myanmar is sold with prices in Burmese kyat per litre (K/L).Fuel prices on the rise | The Myanmar TimesPetrol Prices March 2014 in Yangon, Myanmar Speed limits in Myanmar are given by law in kilometres per hour (km/h).Road Safety in Myanmar (Road Safety 2030 High level Action For Road Safety) - Recommendations of an Expert Mission invited by the Government of Myanmar and supported by the Suu Foundation. Paris, April 2017, page 13 of 21 "A national speed limit law featuring maximum speed limits on urban roads (48 km/h) and rural roads (80 km/h)"Strict speed limit enforcement begins in Mandalay | The Myanmar Times
See also Myanmar Burmese alphabet Burmese language
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