[1] The English language was initially introduced to the country during the British colonial period, spanning from 1824 until independence in 1948.

[2] The British Empire annexed modern-day Myanmar in three stages over a six-decade span (1824–1885).

During the British colonial period, English was the medium of instruction in higher education, although it did not replace Burmese as the vernacular.

Since 1991, in the 9th and 10th Standards, English and Burmese have both been used as the medium of instruction, particularly in science and math subjects, which use English-language textbooks.

Burmese English continues to use Indian numerical units such as lakh and crore.

Burmese names represented in English often include various honorifics, most commonly "U", "Daw", and "Sayadaw".