In Burmese, the word "Myanma", when used as a noun, is pronounced in the low tone (long "a", Okell: "Myañma/Myăma"), whereas when used as an adjective, it is pronounced in the creaky tone (short "a") as if it were spelt "မြန်မ" or "မြန်မာ့" (MLCTS: "mranma.", Okell: "Myañmá/Myămá"). To reflect this, in the 1989 government renaming the adjectival form of the country's name "Myanmar" is formed by dropping the final "r" to get "Myanma" (since the final "r" indicates lengthening in Oxford English).