Problem:IOL/2009/i3/en(B)

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 01/06/2009 zeiya cɔ 09/06/2009 pyesouɳ auɳ 18/06/2009 ne liɳ 20/06/2009 lwiɳ koko 24/06/2009 phouɳ naiɳ thuɳ 25/06/2009 myo khiɳ wiɳ 02/07/2009 tiɳ mauɳ laʔ 04/07/2009 khaiɳ miɳ thuɳ 06/07/2009 wiɳ cɔ auɳ 08/07/2009 thɛʔ auɳ 11/07/2009 shaɳ thuɳ 21/07/2009

girls name date of birth paɳ we 04/06/2009 thouɳ uɳ 06/06/2009 khiɳ le nwɛ 08/06/2009 wiɳ i muɳ 10/06/2009 mimi kaiɳ 18/06/2009 su myaʔ so 30/06/2009 susu wiɳ 07/07/2009 yadana u 08/07/2009 tiɳ za mɔ 11/07/2009 yiɳyiɳ myiɳ 15/07/2009 keþi thuɳ 20/07/2009 shu maɳ cɔ 21/07/2009

On 14/06/2009, 16/06/2009, 24/06/2009, 09/07/2009, 13/07/2009, and 18/07/2009 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, ɛ ≈ a 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, ɔ ≈ a in hall, þ ≈ English th in with, y = y in yay!, ʔ is a consonant (the so-called glottal stop).

—Ivan Derzhanski, Maria Cydzik