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 C. Wells, Joh ...
(also known as Burma) is an ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct
ethnic group
An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...
s 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":
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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 ...
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Chin
The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible (List_of_human_anatomical_regions#Regions, mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm.
Evolution
The presence of a we ...
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Kachin
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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 ...
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Kayah
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Mon
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Rakhine
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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
Chinese Burmese, also Sino-Burmese or Tayoke, are a Burmese citizens of full or partial Chinese ancestry. They are group of overseas Chinese born or raised in Myanmar (Burma). As of 2012, the Burmese Chinese population is estimated to be as h ...
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
Burmese Indians are a group of people of Indian origin who live in Myanmar (Burma). The term 'Burmese Indian' refers to a broad range of people from South Asia, most notably from present-day countries such as India, Bangladesh and also Pakis ...
(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
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 ...
and
Gurkha
The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with endonym Gorkhali ), are soldiers native to the Indian Subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of Northeast India.
The Gurkha units are composed of Nepalis and Indian Gorkhas and are recruit ...
. 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, unknown
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: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
Lashi ( my, လရှီ, endonym ''Lacid'') is a Burmish language. Although the endonym Lashi is often used by Western researchers, the people refer to themselves and their language as Lacid. It is according to Nishi (1999: 70) in the Maruic br ...
(''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
Geko is a Karen language of Burma. Yinbaw is reportedly a variety. Speakers of Geko and Yinbaw are ethnically Kayan, as are speakers of Lahta and Padaung.
Distribution
*northern Kayin State: Thandaunggyi township
*southern Shan State: Pekho ...
(''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
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(''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
The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible (List_of_human_anatomical_regions#Regions, mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm.
Evolution
The presence of a we ...
: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
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(''Lyente; Falam'')
:45. Gwete (''Guite'')
:46. Ngorn (''Chin, Ngawn'')
:47. Siyin (Sizaang) Siyin may refer to:
* Siyin, Burma
Siyin is a village in Kale Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma. , (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 mercury ...
(''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
Naga or NAGA may refer to:
Mythology
* Nāga, a serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions
* Naga Kingdom, in the epic ''Mahabharata''
* Phaya Naga, mythical creatures believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong Riv ...
: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
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Translators
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(''Kado'')
:92. Ganan
:93. Salone (''Salon; Moken'')
:94. Hpon
Hpon ( my, ဖွန်းဘာသာ; also spelled Hpun) was a moribund Burmish language spoken by older adults in the gorges of the upper Irrawaddy River of Burma, north of Bhamo
Bhamo ( my, ဗန်းမော်မြို့ ''ban: ...
;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 UNES ...
:99. Daingnet
:100. Maramagyi
:101. Mro people (Awa Khami)
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 ...
: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
Pale may refer to:
Jurisdictions
* Medieval areas of English conquest:
** Pale of Calais, in France (1360–1558)
** The Pale, or the English Pale, in Ireland
*Pale of Settlement, area of permitted Jewish settlement, western Russian Empire (179 ...
: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
Riang is a Palaungic languages, Palaungic language of Burma and China. Speakers are culturally assimilated with the Karen people, Karen, but are Palaung people, Palaung by ancestry and their language is unrelated. Riang Lang and Riang Lai (Yinch ...
:122. Yin Net
:123. Shan Gale
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 e ...
: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 e ...
: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 of ...
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
The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible (List_of_human_anatomical_regions#Regions, mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm.
Evolution
The presence of a we ...
**
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
Geko is a Karen language of Burma. Yinbaw is reportedly a variety. Speakers of Geko and Yinbaw are ethnically Kayan, as are speakers of Lahta and Padaung.
Distribution
*northern Kayin State: Thandaunggyi township
*southern Shan State: Pekho ...
**
Gunte
Gunte () is a small settlement in the hills above the right bank of the Sava, Sava River in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the munic ...
(Lyente)
**
Haulngo
**
Hpon
Hpon ( my, ဖွန်းဘာသာ; also spelled Hpun) was a moribund Burmish language spoken by older adults in the gorges of the upper Irrawaddy River of Burma, north of Bhamo
Bhamo ( my, ဗန်းမော်မြို့ ''ban: ...
**
Intha
**
Kachin (Jingpo)
**
Kadu
KADU (90.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. The station is owned by Heartland Christian Broadcasters, Inc.
Translators
In addition to the main station, KADU is relayed by an additional trans ...
(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 languages, 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 ...
**
Kwelshin
**
Lahu
*
Lai (Haka Chin)
*
Laizo
*
Lashi
Lashi ( my, လရှီ, endonym ''Lacid'') is a Burmish language. Although the endonym Lashi is often used by Western researchers, the people refer to themselves and their language as Lacid. It is according to Nishi (1999: 70) in the Maruic br ...
(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
Naga or NAGA may refer to:
Mythology
* Nāga, a serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions
* Naga Kingdom, in the epic ''Mahabharata''
* Phaya Naga, mythical creatures believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong Riv ...
*
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 mercury ...
(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 ...
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Shan
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Hkun (also spelled Khün)
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Khamti Shan
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Thai
Thai or THAI may refer to:
* Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia
** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand
** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand
*** Thai script
*** Thai (Unicode block ...
Hmong–Mien
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Yao
Austroasiatic
The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ''ancestral language'' or ''parental language'', called the proto-language of that family. The te ...
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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 ...
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Mon
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Danaw (also spelled Danau)
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Khmu
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 elev ...
(Khamu)
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Tai-Loi
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Wa (Va)
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Palaung
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Pale
Pale may refer to:
Jurisdictions
* Medieval areas of English conquest:
** Pale of Calais, in France (1360–1558)
** The Pale, or the English Pale, in Ireland
*Pale of Settlement, area of permitted Jewish settlement, western Russian Empire (179 ...
Austronesian
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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 Southeast ...
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Malay
Malay may refer to:
Languages
* Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
** Indonesi ...
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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 2,0 ...
(also spelled Salon or Salone)
Indo-European
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Indo-Aryan
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Daignet people
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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 ...
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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
Chinese Burmese, also Sino-Burmese or Tayoke, are a Burmese citizens of full or partial Chinese ancestry. They are group of overseas Chinese born or raised in Myanmar (Burma). As of 2012, the Burmese Chinese population is estimated to be as h ...
* 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
Burmese Indians are a group of people of Indian origin who live in Myanmar (Burma). The term 'Burmese Indian' refers to a broad range of people from South Asia, most notably from present-day countries such as India, Bangladesh and also Pakis ...
* 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 codes[http://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 involvin ...
nm# Anong
Southern Anung (Lisu: Fuche Naw; Mandarin: 阿侬语 Anong), is a Sino-Tibetan languages, Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Nung people in Fugong County, China and Kachin State, Myanmar. The Anong language is closely related to the Derung la ...
un# Blang lr# Burmese ya# Chak kh# Chakma cp# Chin
The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible (List_of_human_anatomical_regions#Regions, mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm.
Evolution
The presence of a we ...
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#* 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 ...
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#* 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
Hpon ( my, ဖွန်းဘာသာ; also spelled Hpun) was a moribund Burmish language spoken by older adults in the gorges of the upper Irrawaddy River of Burma, north of Bhamo
Bhamo ( my, ဗန်းမော်မြို့ ''ban: ...
po# Intha nt# Jingpho ac# Kadu
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Translators
In addition to the main station, KADU is relayed by an additional trans ...
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 ...
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#* Karen, Bwe we#* Karen, Geba vq#* Karen, Geko
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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
Kedah Malay or Kedahan (); also known as ''Pelat Utara'' or ''Loghat Utara'' ('Northern Dialect') or as it is known in Thailand, Syburi Malay () is a variety of the Malayic languages mainly spoken in the northwestern Malaysian states of Perlis ...
eo# Kayan du# Kayaw vl# Khamti ht# Khün kh# Lahta vt# Lahu hu# Lahu Shi hi# Lashi
Lashi ( my, လရှီ, endonym ''Lacid'') is a Burmish language. Although the endonym Lashi is often used by Western researchers, the people refer to themselves and their language as Lacid. It is according to Nishi (1999: 70) in the Maruic br ...
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# Lü 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 2,0 ...
wt# Mon nw# Mru ro# Naga
Naga or NAGA may refer to:
Mythology
* Nāga, a serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions
* Naga Kingdom, in the epic ''Mahabharata''
* Phaya Naga, mythical creatures believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong Riv ...
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#* Naga, Akyaung Ari qy#* Naga, Khiamniungan ix#* Naga, Koki
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xk#* Naga, Konyak be#* Naga, Kyan-Karyaw qq#* Naga, Lao lq#* Naga, Leinong zn#* Naga, Long Phuri pn#* Naga, Makuri mn#* Naga, Makyan mn#* Naga, Para
Para, or PARA, may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
* Paramount Global, traded as PARA on the Nasdaq stock exchange
* Para Group, the former name of CT Corp
* Para Rubber, now Skellerup, a New Zealand manufacturer
* Para USA, formerly ...
zn#* Naga, Ponyo-Gongwang pg#* Naga, Tangkhul tx#* Naga, Tase
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st# Nusu uf# Palaung:
#* Palaung, Ruching
In knitting, a gather draws stitches closer together within a row of knitting. Common methods include:
* In binding, a yarn loop is passed over 2 or more stitches in the same row (usually adjacent to the binding loop); also known as a ''pullover ...
ce#* Palaung, Rumai bb#* Palaung, Shwe ll# 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'' Buddhism ...
li# Pa’o lk# Pyen yy# Rakhine ki# Rawang aw# Riang il# Samtao
Blang (Pulang) is the language of the Blang people of Burma and China.
Dialects
Samtao of Burma is a dialect.
Blang dialects include the following:
*Bulang 布朗; ''representative dialect'': Xinman'e 新曼俄, Bulangshan District 布朗山 ...
tu# Shan hn# 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 ...
jl# Tai Loi lq# Tai Nüa dd# Taman
Taman may refer to: Places
*Taman Peninsula, a peninsula in southern Russia
**Taman Bay, an inlet of the Strait of Kerch off the peninsula
**Taman, Russia, a rural locality located on the peninsula
** Port of Taman, a seaport on the Peninsula
* ...
cl# 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 ...
obacco# Tavoyan vn# Tibetan
Tibetan may mean:
* of, from, or related to Tibet
* Tibetan people, an ethnic group
* Tibetan language:
** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard
** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...
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#* Tibetan, 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 ...
hg# Wa:
#* Wa, Parauk rk# Wewaw ea# Yinbaw vu# Yinchia in# Yintale in# Zaiwa
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 ...
tb# Zayein xk# Zo om
Thaungtha is similar with rabain
See also
*
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
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Ethnic groups in Myanmar
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