Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Burmese language is generally divided into Old Burmese , Middle Burmese and modern Burmese .
Simplified: Burmese ( in Burmese ba-ma-sa , pronounced \/ baa-MAA-saa \/ ) is a language spoken in Myanmar . Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language , meaning that is close to Chinese and Tibetan .