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IOL 2009 Problem #3 Burmese Names

Here are the names of 24 Burmese children and their dates of birth:

boys
name date of birth
kauɳ myaʔ 06/01/2009
zeiya cɔ 06/09/2009
pyesouɳ auɳ 06/18/2009
ne liɳ 06/20/2009
lwiɳ koko 06/24/2009
phouɳ naiɳ thuɳ 06/25/2009
myo khiɳ wiɳ 07/02/2009
tiɳ mauɳ laʔ 07/04/2009
khaiɳ miɳ thuɳ 07/06/2009
wiɳ cɔ auɳ 07/08/2009
thɛʔ auɳ 07/11/2009
shaɳ thuɳ 07/21/2009
girls
name date of birth
paɳ we 06/04/2009
thouɳ uɳ 06/06/2009
khiɳ le nwɛ 06/08/2009
wiɳ i muɳ 06/10/2009
mimi kaiɳ 06/18/2009
su myaʔ so 06/30/2009
susu wiɳ 07/07/2009
yadana u 07/08/2009
tiɳ za mɔ 07/11/2009
yiɳyiɳ myiɳ 07/15/2009
keþi thuɳ 07/20/2009
shu maɳ cɔ 07/21/2009

On 06/14/2009, 06/16/2009, 06/24/2009, 07/09/2009, 07/13/2009, and 07/18/2009 six other Burmese children were born. Here are their names:

  • boys: ŋwe siɳþu, so mo cɔ, yɛ auɳ naiɳ
  • girls: daliya, e tiɳ, phyuphyu wiɳ

Who was born when?

⚠ The Burmese names are given in a simplified Roman transcription. c = ch in church, ɛa in hat, h indicates that the preceding consonant is aspirated (pronounced with a puff of air), ŋ = ng in hang, ɳ indicates that the preceding vowel is nasal, ɔa in hall, þ ≈ English th in with, y = y in yay!, ʔ is a consonant (the so-called glottal stop).

—Ivan Derzhanski, Maria Cydzik