-
question marks, boxes, or
other symbols instead of
Burmese script. The
Bamar people (Burmese: ဗမာလူမျိုး, ba. ma lu myui: IPA: [bə.mà lù mjó]) (formerly...
- The
Bamar People's
Liberation Army (BPLA) (Burmese: ဗမာပြည်သူ့လွတ်မြောက်ရေးတပ်တော်) is an
ethnic armed organisation in Myanmar. It was
founded on 17 April...
- is the
official language,
lingua franca, and the
native language of the
Bamar, the country's
largest ethnic group.
Burmese is also
spoken by the indigenous...
- post-independence
government under U Nu. This
further strained relations between the
Bamar ethnic majority and the country's many
ethnic minorities.
Following Burma's...
-
Myanmar and the Mon
kingdoms in
Lower Myanmar. In the 9th century, the
Bamar people entered the
upper Irrawaddy valley, and
following the establishment...
- home to
several distinct cultural regions,
including the
homeland of the
Bamar in the low-lying
central plains, and
those of the Chin, Kachin, and Shan...
- government.
These are
grouped into
eight "major
national ethnic races":
Bamar Kayin Rakhine Shan Mon Chin
Kachin Karenni The "major
national ethnic races"...
- of the po****tion,
practiced especially by the
Bamar, Rakhine, Shan, Mon and
Chinese ethnic groups.
Bamar people also
practice the
Burmese folk religion...
-
ethnic groups, who are
grouped into
eight 'national races,'
namely the
Bamar (Burmans), Shan, Karen,
Rakhine (Arakanese), Mon, Kachin, Chin, and Kayah...
- the
colony period referring to
ethnic groups living between the
central Bamar heartland to the
south and
China to the north.
Traditional Kachin society...
