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Myanmar (also known as Burma) is an ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct ethnic groups officially recognised by the Burmese Government. 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 ...
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Chin The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible ( 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 well-developed chin is considered to be on ...
# 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 la ...
# Kayah #
Mon Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to: Places * Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar * Mon, India, a town in Nagaland * Mon district, Nagaland * Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons * A ...
# 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 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 (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,
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. 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 :2. Tarone see: Taron people :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 Autono ...
:5. Guari, unknown :6. Hkahku see: Jingpo people :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. Ho ...
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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 :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 :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 Yin may refer to: *the dark force in the yin and yang from traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine * Yīn (surname) (), a Chinese surname *Yǐn (surname) (), a Chinese surname *Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty **Yinxu or Yin, the ...
, 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 la ...
(''Kayin'') :23. Kayinpyu (''Geba Karen'') :24. Pa-Le-Chi, maybe Mobwa :25. Mon Kayin (''Sarpyu''), unknown :26.
Sgaw S’gaw, S'gaw Karen, or S’gaw K’Nyaw, commonly known as Karen, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the S'gaw Karen people of Myanmar and Thailand. A Karenic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, S'gaw Karen is spoken by over 2 mil ...
(''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 ( 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 well-developed chin is considered to be on ...
:34. Meithei (''Meitei''; ''Kathe'') ::* Pangal :35. Saline :36. Ka-Lin-Kaw (''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 1931 ...
(''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'') a ...
(''Hai-Dim'') :57. Tay-Zan :58. Taishon (Tashon) :59. Thado :60. Torr (''Tawr'') :61. 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 Ri ...
:64.
Tangkhul Tangkhul Naga may refer to: * Tangkhul Naga people ( Tangkhul Nagas) - Tangkhul people * Tangkhul Naga language - Tangkhul language Tangkhul (Tangkhul Naga) is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Tangkhulic branch. It is spoken in 168 villages of ...
:65. Malin :66. Panun :67. Magun :68. Matu :69. Miram (''Mara, Shendu, Lakher'', etc.) :70. Mi-er :71. Mgan :72. Lushei (''Lushay'') :73. Laymyo :74. Lyente :75.
Lautu The ''Lutuv (Lautu) are an indigenous people inhabiting Southern Chin State in Myanmar. The Lutuv were initially known by other tribes as the 'Lautu' of the Southern Independent Villages derived from the Hakha Hakha (, ; formerly rendered Haka) i ...
:76. Lai (''Haka Chin'') :77. Laizao :78. Mro (Wakim) :79. Hualngo :80.
Anu , image=Detail, upper part, Kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125-1104 BCE. British Museum.jpg , caption=Symbols of various deities, including Anu (bottom right corner) on a kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125–1104 BCE , ...
: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, American make-up artist * Barry Burman (1943–2001), English figurative artist * Ben Lucien Burman (1896–1984), American ...
(''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 ...
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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 KADU (90.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesab ...
(''Kado'') :92. Ganan :93.
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(''Salon; Moken'') :94. Hpon ;Mon comprises 1 ethnic group: :95.
Mon Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to: Places * Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar * Mon, India, a town in Nagaland * Mon district, Nagaland * Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons * A ...
;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'' come ...
: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 Pyen (Hpyin, Phen; ') is a Loloish language of Burma. It is spoken by about 700 people in two villages near Mong Yang, Shan State, Burma, just to the north of Kengtung.Person, Kirk R. 2007''A preliminary phonological sketch of Pyen, with compa ...
: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 curren ...
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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 eleve ...
(''Khmu'') :113. Kaw (''Akha-E-Kaw'') :114. Kokant (''Kokang'') :115.
Khamti Shan The Tai Khamti, ( Khamti: တဲး ၵံးတီႈ, ( th, ชาวไทคำตี่, my, ခန္တီးရှမ်းလူမျိုး, Hkamti Shan) or simply Khamti as they are also known, are a Tai ethnic group native t ...
:116. Hkun (''Khün'') :117. Taungyo :118. Danu :119. Palaung :120. Man Zi :121. Yin Kya :122.
Yin Net Riang is a Palaungic language of Burma and China. Speakers are culturally assimilated with the Karen Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behavi ...
: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 e ...
:125. Lahu :126. Intha :127. Eik-swair :128. Pa-O (''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

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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 v ...
**
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 dialect; sometimes spelled Kokant) * Tibeto-Burman **
Burman Burman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anneli Burman (born 1963), Swedish curler * Barney Burman, American make-up artist * Barry Burman (1943–2001), English figurative artist * Ben Lucien Burman (1896–1984), American ...
(Bamar) **
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** Asho (Plain) ** Atsi ** Beik ** Bwe **
Chin The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible ( 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 well-developed chin is considered to be on ...
** 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 ** Duleng ** Ganan ** Gheko ** Gunte (Lyente) ** Haulngo ** Hpon ** Intha ** Kachin (Jingpo) **
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(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 la ...
(Kayin) ** Kaw (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 mutual i ...
** 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 (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 Ri ...
* Pa-O *
Pyin Pyen (Hpyin, Phen; ') is a Loloish language of Burma. It is spoken by about 700 people in two villages near Mong Yang, Shan State, Burma, just to the north of Kengtung.Person, Kirk R. 2007''A preliminary phonological sketch of Pyen, with compa ...
* Rakhine (Arakanese) * Rawang *
Sgaw S’gaw, S'gaw Karen, or S’gaw K’Nyaw, commonly known as Karen, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the S'gaw Karen people of Myanmar and Thailand. A Karenic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, S'gaw Karen is spoken by over 2 mil ...
* Shu (Pwo) * Taron * Taungyo * 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'') a ...
(Hai-Dim) * Torr (also spelled Tawr) * Yaw * Zo * Zophei * Zotung


Tai–Kadai

* Tai ** Shan ** Hkun (also spelled Khün) **
Khamti Shan The Tai Khamti, ( Khamti: တဲး ၵံးတီႈ, ( th, ชาวไทคำตี่, my, ခန္တီးရှမ်းလူမျိုး, Hkamti Shan) or simply Khamti as they are also known, are a Tai ethnic group native t ...
** 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 **
Mon Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to: Places * Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar * Mon, India, a town in Nagaland * Mon district, Nagaland * Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons * A ...
** Danaw (also spelled Danau) **
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) ** Tai-Loi ** Wa (Va) ** Palaung ** Pale


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 Southea ...
** Malay ** Moken (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, Du ...

* 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'' come ...
** 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 *
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 *
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 official ...
* Rohingya people * 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 c ...
*
Bama Muslims(Pathi) Bama or BAMA may refer to: Places * Bama, shortened form of Alabama, a state of the United States of America ** The University of Alabama, the public university serving the state, often known as simply ''Bama'' * Bama, one of the colloquial Burm ...


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 The Achang (), also known as the Ngac'ang (their own name) is an ethnic group.They are one of tibeto burman language speaking people. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They also live i ...
cn# Akeu eu#
Akha Akha or Ikaw may refer to: *Akha, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *Akha, alternate name of Dinan, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Akha people * Akha language * Akha Bhagat (1615–1674; aka Akha Rahiyadas Soni) a m ...
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 ...
nm# Anong un# Blang lr# Burmese ya# Chak kh# Chakma cp#
Chin The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible ( 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 well-developed chin is considered to be on ...
: #* Chin, Anu-Hkongso nl#* Chin, Asho sh#* Chin, Bawm gr#* Chin, Bualkhaw bl#* Chin, Chinbon nb#* Chin, Daai ao#* Chin, 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 nh#* Chin, Kaang kn#* Chin, Khumi nk#* Chin, Laitu lj#* Chin,
Lautu The ''Lutuv (Lautu) are an indigenous people inhabiting Southern Chin State in Myanmar. The Lutuv were initially known by other tribes as the 'Lautu' of the Southern Independent Villages derived from the Hakha Hakha (, ; formerly rendered Haka) i ...
lt#* Chin,
Mara Mara or MARA may refer to: Animals *Mara (mammal), a species of the cavy family *Mara the Lioness, in the movie ''Born Free'' Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Mara (''Doctor Who''), an evil being in two ''Doctor Who'' serials *Mara, ...
rh#* Chin, Matu lt#* Chin, Mizo us#* Chin, Mro-Khimi mr#* Chin, Müün wq#* Chin, Ngawn nw#* Chin, Rawngtu eu#* Chin, Rungtu 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 v ...
: #* Chinese, Mandarin mn# Danau nu# Danu nv# Drung uu#
Hmong Njua Hmong / Mong (; RPA: ''Hmoob,'' ; Nyiakeng Puachue: ; Pahawh: , ) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand, ...
nj# Hpon po# Intha nt# Jingpho ac#
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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 la ...
: #* Karen, Bwe we#* Karen, Geba vq#* Karen,
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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 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 ...
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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 ...
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Manumanaw Karenni or Red Karen (Kayah Li: ; my, ကရင်နီ), known in Burmese as Kayah ( my, ကယား), is a Karen dialect continuum spoken by over half a million Kayah people (Red Karen) in Burma. The name ''Kayah'' has been described as " ...
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Mon Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to: Places * Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar * Mon, India, a town in Nagaland * Mon district, Nagaland * Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons * A ...
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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 Ri ...
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Tangkhul Tangkhul Naga may refer to: * Tangkhul Naga people ( Tangkhul Nagas) - Tangkhul people * Tangkhul Naga language - Tangkhul language Tangkhul (Tangkhul Naga) is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Tangkhulic branch. It is spoken in 168 villages of ...
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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'' Buddhi ...
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Tai Loi Tai Loi, also known as Mong Lue, refers to various Palaungic languages spoken mainly in Burma, with a few hundred in Laos and some also in China. Hall (2017) reports that ''Tai Loi'' is a cover term meaning 'mountain Tai' in Shan, and refers to ...
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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 diale ...
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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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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 ...