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Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: 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 explai ...
(also known as Burma) is an ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct ethnic groups officially recognised by the
Burmese Government Myanmar ( also known as Burma) operates ''de jure'' as a unitary assembly-independent republic under its 2008 constitution. On 1 February 2021, Myanmar's military took over the government in a coup, causing ongoing anti-coup protests. ...
. These are grouped into eight "major national ethnic races": #
Bamar The Bamar (, ; also known as the Burmans) are a Sino-Tibetan ethnic group native to Myanmar (formerly Burma) in Southeast Asia. With approximately 35 million people, the Bamar make up the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, constituting 68% of th ...
# Chin # Kachin #
Karen Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic l ...
# Kayah # Mon # Rakhine # Shan The "major national ethnic races" are grouped primarily according to region rather than linguistic or ethnic affiliation, as for example the Shan Major National Ethnic Race includes 33 ethnic groups speaking languages in at least four widely differing language families. Many unrecognised ethnic groups exist, the largest being the Burmese Chinese and
Panthay Panthays () form a group of Chinese Muslims in Burma. Some people refer to Panthays as the oldest group of Muslims in Burma. The exact proportion of the Chinese Muslim group in the local Chinese population remains unknown due to a lack of data. H ...
(who together form 3% of the population), Burmese Indians (who form 2% of the population),
Rohingya The Rohingya people () are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an ...
, Anglo-Burmese and
Gurkha The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with endonym Gorkhali ), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, Indian Subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of Northeast India. The Gurkha units are composed of Nepalis and Indian Go ...
. There are no official statistics regarding the population of the latter two groups, although unofficial estimates place around 52,000 Anglo-Burmese in Burma with around 1.6 million outside the country.


Officially recognized ethnic groups

Note: The list is very controversial. Many of the names and spelling variants are known only from this list. ;Kachin comprises 12 different ethnic groups: :1. Kachin see:
Jingpo people The Jingpo people ( my, ဂျိန်းဖော) are an ethnic group who are the largest subset of the Kachin peoples, which largely inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Myanmar's Kachin State and neighbouring Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autono ...
:2. Tarone see:
Taron people The Taron or Trone (တရုမ်း ) are an ethnic group in the Himalayan foothills of northern Kachin, Myanmar, whose population is declining to the point where they may disappear entirely. They have been referred to as the "East Asian pygm ...
:3. Dalaung, unknownEthnologue
/ref> :4. Jinghpaw see:
Singpho people The Jingpo people ( my, ဂျိန်းဖော) are an ethnic group who are the largest subset of the Kachin peoples, which largely inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Myanmar's Kachin State and neighbouring Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonom ...
:5. Guari, unknown :6. Hkahku see:
Jingpo people The Jingpo people ( my, ဂျိန်းဖော) are an ethnic group who are the largest subset of the Kachin peoples, which largely inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Myanmar's Kachin State and neighbouring Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autono ...
:7. Duleng, unknown :8. Maru (''Lawgore'') :9. Rawang see
Nung Rawang The Rawang people are an ethnic group who inhabit far northern Kachin State of Burma (Myanmar). They speak the Rawang language. There are one D'rung family and several Anung families found among Lisu tribe people in Arunachal Pradesh in India. How ...
:10. Lashi (''La Chit'') :11. Atsi see
Zaiwa language Zaiwa (autonym: '; Tsaiwa, Tsaiva, 载瓦; Burmese: ဇိုင်ဝါး/အဇီး) is a Burmish language spoken in parts of southwest China and eastern Burma. There are around 100,000 speakers. It is also known as ''Atsi'', its name in ...
:12.
Lisu Lisu may refer to: *Lisu people, an ethnic group of Southeast Asia *Lisu language, spoken by the Lisu people * Old Lisu Alphabet or Fraser Alphabet *Lisu syllabary * Lisu (Unicode block), the block of Unicode characters for the Lisu language. *Lisu ...
;Kayah comprises 9 different ethnic groups: Note, a known questionable source. :13. Kayah (''Karenni'') :14. Zayein (''Lahta; Gaungto; Loilong Karens'') :15. Ka-Yun (''Kayan; Padaung'') :16. Gheko (''Karen, Geko'') :17. Kebar, maybe translation error for
Geba Karen language Geba, also known as Eastern Bwe, is a Karen language of Burma. Distribution *Northern Kayin State: Thandaunggyi township (140 villages) *Bago Region *Mandalay Region: Pyinmana township *Shan State: Pekon and Pinlaung townships *Kayah State ...
:18.
Bre British English (BrE, en-GB, or BE) is, according to Oxford Dictionaries, "English as used in Great Britain, as distinct from that used elsewhere". More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, ...
(''Ka-Yaw; Kayaw'') :19. Manu Manaw (''Manumanaw'') :20. Yin Talai, maybe Yintale :21. Yin Baw (''Yinbaw'') ;Kayin comprises 11 different ethnic groups: :22.
Karen Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic l ...
(''Kayin'') :23. Kayinpyu (''Geba Karen'') :24. Pa-Le-Chi, maybe Mobwa :25. Mon Kayin (''Sarpyu''), unknown :26. Sgaw (''Karen, S’gaw'') :27. Ta-Lay-Pwa, unknown :28. Paku (''Karen, Paku'') :29. Bwe (''Bwe Karen'') :30. Monnepwa (''Karen, Paku'') :31. Monpwa, unknown :32. Shu (''Pwo Kayin'') ;Chin comprises 53 different ethnic groups: Possibly originally a list of tax rate districts. With the highest tax first. :33. Chin :34. Meithei (''Meitei''; ''Kathe'') ::*
Pangal The Meitei Pangals ( mni, Meitei Pangan), also known as the Pangals ( mni, Pangan) or the Meitei Muslims ( mni, Meitei Pangal) or the Manipuri Muslims ( mni, Manipuri Pangal), are a group of Muslims who speak Meitei language as their nativ ...
:35. Saline :36.
Ka-Lin-Kaw The Mizo people ( Mizo: ''Mizo hnam'') are an ethnic group native to the Indian state of Mizoram and neighbouring regions of Northeast India. The term covers several related ethnic groups or clans inside the Mizo group. All Mizo tribes and cla ...
(''Lushay'') :37. Khumi (''Khami'') :38.
Mro-Khimi people The Mro-Khimi people ( my, မြို(ခမိ) or မြိုလူမျိုး ), also known as Mro, Awa Khami Mro, Wakim, Mro Chin or Awa Khami, are one of the 135 ethnic groups recognized by the government of Myanmar. They are iden ...
:39. Khawno :40. Kaungso :41. Kaung Saing Chin :42. Kwelshin(Khualsim) :43. Kwangli (''Sim'') :44. Gunte (''Lyente; Falam'') :45. Gwete (''Guite'') :46. Ngorn (''Chin, Ngawn'') :47. Siyin (Sizaang), (Sizang) :48. Sentang :49. Saing Zan :50. Za-How(Zahau) :51. Zotung :52. Zo-Pe :53. Zo :54.
Zanniat The Zanniat tribe are people of western Myanmar (Burma) who are a sub-group of the Chin peoples. The Zanniat tribe has fifty-seven sub-groupings and clans. The group's existence was recorded (along with three of its many sub-groups) in Burma's 193 ...
(''Zanniet'') :55. Tapong :56.
Tiddim Tedim (, , ( Zo: ''Tedim Khawpi'', pronounced ; is a town in and the administrative seat of Tedim Township, Chin State, in the north-western part of Burma. It is the second largest town in Chin State. The town's four major boroughs (''vengte'') ...
(''Hai-Dim'') :57. Tay-Zan :58. Taishon (Tashon) :59. Thado :60.
Torr The torr (symbol: Torr) is a unit of pressure based on an absolute scale, defined as exactly of a standard atmosphere (). Thus one torr is exactly (≈ ). Historically, one torr was intended to be the same as one " millimeter of merc ...
(''Tawr'') :61.
Dim Dim may refer to: * Dim, a rhinoceros beetle in the 1998 Disney/Pixar animated film ''A Bug's Life'' * ''Dim'' (album), the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band The Gazette * Dim, Amur Oblast, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia * Dim, ...
:62. Dai (''Yindu'') :63. Naga :64. Tangkhul :65. Malin :66. Panun :67. Magun :68.
Matu The Matu District is a district in Mukah Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. Before Mukah Division was established, Matu was within Sibu Division. There are more than 20 villages in the district, with Melanau Melanau or ''A-Likou'' (meaning River ...
:69. Miram (''Mara, Shendu, Lakher'', etc.) :70. Mi-er :71. Mgan :72.
Lushei The Mizo people ( Mizo: ''Mizo hnam'') are an ethnic group native to the Indian state of Mizoram and neighbouring regions of Northeast India. The term covers several related ethnic groups or clans inside the Mizo group. All Mizo tribes and cla ...
(''Lushay'') :73. Laymyo :74. Lyente :75. Lautu :76. Lai (''Haka Chin'') :77. Laizao :78. Mro (Wakim) :79. Hualngo :80. Anu :81. Anun :82. Oo-Pu :83. Lhinbu :84. Asho (''Plain'') :85. Rongtu ;Burman comprises 9 ethnic groups: :86.
Burman Burman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anneli Burman (born 1963), Swedish curler *Barney Burman Barney Burman is an American makeup artist and character actor. He was part of the team that won an Academy Award in 2009 fo ...
(''Bamar'') :87.
Dawei Dawei (, ; mnw, ဓဝဲါ, ; th, ทวาย, RTGS: ''Thawai'', ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, on the northern bank of ...
of
Dawei Dawei (, ; mnw, ဓဝဲါ, ; th, ทวาย, RTGS: ''Thawai'', ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, on the northern bank of ...
city :88. Beik :89. Yaw :90. Yabein :91. Kadu (''Kado'') :92. Ganan :93. Salone (''Salon; Moken'') :94. Hpon ;Mon comprises 1 ethnic group: :95. Mon ;Rakhine comprises 7 ethnic groups: :96. Rakhine (''Arakanese'') :97.
Kamein The Kamein ( my, ကမန်လူမျိုး), also known as the Kaman (), are a Southeast Asian ethnic group indigenous to Rakhine State, Myanmar, where they primarily reside in, and who predominantly follow Islam. The name ''Kaman'' comes ...
:98.
Khami Khami (also written as ''Khame'', ''Kame'' or ''Kami'') is a ruined city located 22 kilometres west of Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe. It was once the capital of the Kingdom of Butwa of the Torwa dynasty. It is now a national monument, and became a UN ...
:99. Daingnet :100. Maramagyi :101. Mro people (Awa Khami) :102. Thet ;Shan comprises 33 ethnic groups: :103. Shan (''Tai'') :104. Yun (''Lao'') :105. Kwi :106. Pyin :107. Yao (''Hmong; Mien'') :108. Danaw (''Danau'') :109. Pale :110. Eng (''En'') :111.
Son A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative. Social issues In pre-industrial societies and some current c ...
:112.
Khamu The Khmu (; Khmu: ; lo, ຂະມຸ ; th, ขมุ ; vi, Khơ Mú; ; my, ခမူ) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The majority (88%) live in northern Laos where they constitute the largest minority ethnic group, comprising el ...
(''Khmu'') :113.
Kaw Kaw or KAW may refer to: Mythology * Kaw (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology * Johnny Kaw, mythical settler of Kansas, US * Kaw (character), in ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' People * Kaw people, a Native American tribe Places * Kaw, Fr ...
(''Akha-E-Kaw'') :114. Kokant (''Kokang'') :115. Khamti Shan :116. Hkun (''Khün'') :117.
Taungyo The Taungyo ( my, တောင်ရိုး လူမျိုး ''Tauñyoù lumyoù'') are a sub- ethnic group of the Bamar people living primarily in Shan State and centered on Pindaya. Language They speak Taung-yo (တောင်ရို ...
:118. Danu :119. Palaung :120. Man Zi :121. Yin Kya :122. Yin Net :123. Shan Gale :124.
Shan Gyi Shan may refer to: People * Shan (surname), or 单 in Chinese, a Chinese surname *Shan, a variant of the Welsh given name usually spelled Siân *Occasionally used as a short form of Shannen/ Shannon Ethnic groups * Shan people, Southeast Asian ...
:125. Lahu :126. Intha :127. Eik-swair :128.
Pa-O , native_name_lang = my , image = Pa O Tribe Kalaw Shan Myanmar.jpg , caption = A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State , population = 1,400,000 (2014 est.) , popplace = Myanmar, Thailand , rels ...
(''Taungthu; Black Karen'') :129. Tai-Loi :130. Tai-Leng (Red Shan) :131. Tai-Lon :132. Tai-Lay :133. Maingtha (''Achang'') :134. Maw Shan :135. Wa (''Va'')


List grouped by language family


Sino-Tibetan

*
Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
**
Kokang Kokang ( my, ကိုးကန့်; ) is a region in Myanmar (Burma). It is located in the northern part of Shan State, with the Salween River to its west, and sharing a border with China's Yunnan Province to the east. Its total land area i ...
(
Mandarin Chinese Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language ...
dialect; sometimes spelled Kokant) *
Tibeto-Burman The Tibeto-Burman languages are the non- Sinitic members of the Sino-Tibetan language family, over 400 of which are spoken throughout the Southeast Asian Massif ("Zomia") as well as parts of East Asia and South Asia. Around 60 million people spea ...
**
Burman Burman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anneli Burman (born 1963), Swedish curler *Barney Burman Barney Burman is an American makeup artist and character actor. He was part of the team that won an Academy Award in 2009 fo ...
(Bamar) ** Anu ** Asho (Plain) ** Atsi ** Beik ** Bwe ** Chin ** Dalaung ** Danu **
Dawei Dawei (, ; mnw, ဓဝဲါ, ; th, ทวาย, RTGS: ''Thawai'', ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, on the northern bank of ...
**
Dim Dim may refer to: * Dim, a rhinoceros beetle in the 1998 Disney/Pixar animated film ''A Bug's Life'' * ''Dim'' (album), the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band The Gazette * Dim, Amur Oblast, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia * Dim, ...
** Duleng ** Ganan ** Gheko ** Gunte (Lyente) ** Haulngo ** Hpon ** Intha ** Kachin (Jingpo) ** Kadu (Kado) **
Karen Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic l ...
(Kayin) **
Kaw Kaw or KAW may refer to: Mythology * Kaw (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology * Johnny Kaw, mythical settler of Kansas, US * Kaw (character), in ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' People * Kaw people, a Native American tribe Places * Kaw, Fr ...
(Akha-E-Kaw, Akha) ** Kayinpyu (Geba Karen) **
Khams Tibetan Khams Tibetan () is the Tibetic language used by the majority of the people in Kham. Khams is one of the three branches of the traditional classification of Tibetic languages (the other two being Amdo Tibetan and Ü-Tsang). In terms of mutua ...
** Kwelshin ** Lahu
* Lai (Haka Chin) * Laizo * Lashi (La Chit) *
Lisu Lisu may refer to: *Lisu people, an ethnic group of Southeast Asia *Lisu language, spoken by the Lisu people * Old Lisu Alphabet or Fraser Alphabet *Lisu syllabary * Lisu (Unicode block), the block of Unicode characters for the Lisu language. *Lisu ...
* Lyente * Maingtha * Marma * Maru (Lawgore) * Meitei/
Pangal The Meitei Pangals ( mni, Meitei Pangan), also known as the Pangals ( mni, Pangan) or the Meitei Muslims ( mni, Meitei Pangal) or the Manipuri Muslims ( mni, Manipuri Pangal), are a group of Muslims who speak Meitei language as their nativ ...
(also spelled Meithei or Kathe) * Miram (Mara) * Monnepwa * Mro ''(Wakim'') * Naga *
Pa-O , native_name_lang = my , image = Pa O Tribe Kalaw Shan Myanmar.jpg , caption = A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State , population = 1,400,000 (2014 est.) , popplace = Myanmar, Thailand , rels ...
* Pyin * Rakhine (Arakanese) * Rawang * Sgaw * Shu (Pwo) * Taron *
Taungyo The Taungyo ( my, တောင်ရိုး လူမျိုး ''Tauñyoù lumyoù'') are a sub- ethnic group of the Bamar people living primarily in Shan State and centered on Pindaya. Language They speak Taung-yo (တောင်ရို ...
* Thet *
Tiddim Tedim (, , ( Zo: ''Tedim Khawpi'', pronounced ; is a town in and the administrative seat of Tedim Township, Chin State, in the north-western part of Burma. It is the second largest town in Chin State. The town's four major boroughs (''vengte'') ...
(Hai-Dim) *
Torr The torr (symbol: Torr) is a unit of pressure based on an absolute scale, defined as exactly of a standard atmosphere (). Thus one torr is exactly (≈ ). Historically, one torr was intended to be the same as one " millimeter of merc ...
(also spelled Tawr) * Yaw * Zo * Zophei * Zotung


Tai–Kadai

*
Tai Tai or TAI may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tai (comics) a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain *Tai Fraiser, a fictional character in the 1995 film ''Clueless'' *Tai Kamiya, a fictional character in ''Digimon'' Businesses and organisations ...
** Shan ** Hkun (also spelled Khün) ** Khamti Shan ** Thai


Hmong–Mien

* Yao


Austroasiatic The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are th ...

*
Mon–Khmer The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are th ...
** Mon ** Danaw (also spelled Danau) ** Khmu (Khamu) ** Tai-Loi ** Wa (Va) ** Palaung ** Pale


Austronesian

*
Malayo-Polynesian The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeas ...
** Malay **
Moken The Moken (also ''Mawken or'' ''Morgan''; ; th, ชาวเล, lit=sea people, translit=chao le) are an Austronesian people of the Mergui Archipelago, a group of approximately 800 islands claimed by both Myanmar and Thailand. Most of the 2, ...
(also spelled Salon or Salone)


Indo-European The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent. Some European languages of this family, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Dutc ...

* Indo-Aryan ** Daignet people **
Kamein The Kamein ( my, ကမန်လူမျိုး), also known as the Kaman (), are a Southeast Asian ethnic group indigenous to Rakhine State, Myanmar, where they primarily reside in, and who predominantly follow Islam. The name ''Kaman'' comes ...
** Maramagyi


Unrecognised ethnic groups

The Government of Myanmar (Burma) does not recognise several ethnic groups as being among the list of 135 officially recognised ethnic groups: *
Anglo-Burmese people The Anglo-Burmese people, also known as the Anglo-Burmans, are a community of Eurasians of Burmese and European descent, who emerged as a distinct community through mixed relationships (sometimes permanent, sometimes temporary) between the Brit ...
* Burmese Chinese *
Panthay Panthays () form a group of Chinese Muslims in Burma. Some people refer to Panthays as the oldest group of Muslims in Burma. The exact proportion of the Chinese Muslim group in the local Chinese population remains unknown due to a lack of data. H ...
* Burmese Indians *
Taungtha people The Taungtha people ( my, တောင်သား လူမျိုး) or Rungtu ( my, ရောင်တူ) are an unrecognized ethnic group primarily found in Magway Region, a central region in Myanmar (Burma). The Taungtha are not officia ...
*
Rohingya people The Rohingya people () are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an ...
* Burmese gorkhas/Nepalese *
Mizo people The Mizo people ( Mizo: ''Mizo hnam'') are an ethnic group native to the Indian state of Mizoram and neighbouring regions of Northeast India. The term covers several related ethnic groups or clans inside the Mizo group. All Mizo tribes and cla ...
* Bama Muslims(Pathi)


Language ISO 639-3 codeshttp://www.ethnologue.com/country/MM/languages Ethnologue: Myanmar

''Note'': This is a list of is languages, and the name of a language are not always the same as the name of an ethnic group. # Achang cn# Akeu eu# Akha hk#
Anal Anal may refer to: Related to the anus *Related to the anus of animals: ** Anal fin, in fish anatomy ** Anal vein, in insect anatomy ** Anal scale, in reptile anatomy *Related to the human anus: ** Anal sex, a type of sexual activity involving s ...
nm# Anong un# Blang lr# Burmese ya# Chak kh# Chakma cp# Chin: #* Chin, Anu-Hkongso nl#* Chin, Asho sh#* Chin, Bawm gr#* Chin, Bualkhaw bl#* Chin, Chinbon nb#* Chin, Daai ao#* Chin,
Dim Dim may refer to: * Dim, a rhinoceros beetle in the 1998 Disney/Pixar animated film ''A Bug's Life'' * ''Dim'' (album), the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band The Gazette * Dim, Amur Oblast, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia * Dim, ...
td#* Chin, Eastern Khumi ek#* Chin,
Falam Falam (, ) is a town in north-western Burma (Myanmar) near Burma's western border with the Indian state of Mizoram. The town was founded by Taisun tribe. The British arrived to Falam in 1892, and became an important base for British rule of the ...
fm#* Chin,
Haka Haka (; plural ''haka'', in both Māori and English) are a variety of ceremonial performance art in Māori culture. It is often performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted or chanted accompani ...
nh#* Chin, Kaang kn#* Chin, Khumi nk#* Chin, Laitu lj#* Chin, Lautu lt#* Chin, Mara rh#* Chin,
Matu The Matu District is a district in Mukah Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. Before Mukah Division was established, Matu was within Sibu Division. There are more than 20 villages in the district, with Melanau Melanau or ''A-Likou'' (meaning River ...
lt#* Chin, Mizo us#* Chin, Mro-Khimi mr#* Chin, Müün wq#* Chin, Ngawn nw#* Chin, Rawngtu eu#* Chin,
Rungtu Rungtu (Rungtu Chin), also known as Taungtha ( my, တောင်သားဘာသာစကား) is a moribund Kuki-Chin language of Burma spoken by the Taungtha people. It is spoken in 35 villages in Htilin, Kyaukhtu, and Saw townships, Mag ...
tc#* Chin, Senthang ez#* Chin, Siyin sy#* Chin, Songlai sj#* Chin, Sumtu sv#* Chin, Tawr cp#* Chin,
Tedim Tedim (, , ( Zo: ''Tedim Khawpi'', pronounced ; is a town in and the administrative seat of Tedim Township, Chin State, in the north-western part of Burma. It is the second largest town in Chin State. The town's four major boroughs (''vengte'') ...
td#* Chin, Thado cz#* Chin, Thaiphum th#* Chin, Zotung zt#* Chin, Zyphe yp#* Chin, Zanniat language #
Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
: #* Chinese,
Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
mn# Danau nu# Danu nv# Drung uu# Hmong Njua nj# Hpon po# Intha nt# Jingpho ac# Kadu kd# Kanan kn#
Karen Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic l ...
: #* Karen, Bwe we#* Karen, Geba vq#* Karen, Geko hk#* Karen, Mobwa km#* Karen, Paku kp#* Karen, Pwo Eastern jp#* Karen, Pwo Western wo#* Karen, S’gaw sw# Kayah: #* Kayah, Eastern ky#* Kayah, Western yu# Kedah Malay eo# Kayan du# Kayaw vl# Khamti ht# Khün kh# Lahta vt# Lahu hu# Lahu Shi hi# Lashi si# Lhao Vo hx#
Lisu Lisu may refer to: *Lisu people, an ethnic group of Southeast Asia *Lisu language, spoken by the Lisu people * Old Lisu Alphabet or Fraser Alphabet *Lisu syllabary * Lisu (Unicode block), the block of Unicode characters for the Lisu language. *Lisu ...
is# hb# Manumanaw xf#
Moken The Moken (also ''Mawken or'' ''Morgan''; ; th, ชาวเล, lit=sea people, translit=chao le) are an Austronesian people of the Mergui Archipelago, a group of approximately 800 islands claimed by both Myanmar and Thailand. Most of the 2, ...
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Tase The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE; ; colloquially known as The Bursa, ) is Israel's only public stock exchange and a public company that has been traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange since August 1, 2019. Legally, the exchange is regulated b ...
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Pali Pali () is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist ''Pāli Canon'' or '' Tipiṭaka'' as well as the sacred language of '' Theravāda'' Buddh ...
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Tai Laing Tai Laing (, variously spelt Tai Lai or Tai Nai), also known as Shan-ni (, ), is a Tai language of Burma, related to Khamti. It is written in its own variant of Burmese script, and though not taught in schools, is experiencing a cultural revival ...
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Taungyo The Taungyo ( my, တောင်ရိုး လူမျိုး ''Tauñyoù lumyoù'') are a sub- ethnic group of the Bamar people living primarily in Shan State and centered on Pindaya. Language They speak Taung-yo (တောင်ရို ...
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Khams Kham (; ) is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The original residents of Kham are called Khampas (), and were governed locally by chieftains and monasteries. Kham ...
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References


External links


List of ethnic groups in Myanmar
- Myanmar Ministry of Hotels and Tourism
Ethnologue page for Burma languages


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by Minority Rights Group International


Books

* U Min Naing, National Ethnic Groups of Myanmar (Trans. by Hpone Thant). Yangon: Thein Myint Win Press, 2000. * "National Races of Myanmar" (1960) by the Ministry of Culture {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Ethnic Groups In Myanmar Ethnic groups in Myanmar
Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: 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 explai ...