Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: ˈmjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə. So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as mɑːr or of Burma as bɜːrmə by some speakers in the UK and all in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name   were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would be pronounced  at the end by all English speakers. If it were spelled "Myanmah", the end would be pronounced  by all English speakers.