![]() ![]() The Shan are the largest minority (9 percent). Minorities make up to 30 percent to 40 percent of the population. The latter figure (which is twice the number of ethnic groups in China) is arrived at by counting groups like Black Miao, Red Miao, White Miao and Red and Black Miao as four distinct groups, while ethnologists who use the 60 group count them as one. Depending on how these groups are counted there are between 60 and 135 different groups. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world. The Karen, Kachin, Chin and other tribal groups live in the hill country around the plains. They speak Burmese and live primarily on the central plain of Myanmar. The Burmese (Bamars or Burmans) are related linguistically to Tibetans and they make up 68 percent of the population. The average life expectancy is 61 years and about 36 percent of all Burmese are under 15, and 4 percent are over 60. The population is only growing at the rate of 1.8 percent a year. The other 75 percent live mostly in small agricultural villages. Only about 25 percent of all Burmese live in urban areas (compared to 76 percent in the United States). There are 55 million people in Myanmar (estimated in 2013). The citizens of Myanmar are called Myanmars, Myanmaris or Myanmarese by some. It refers to the language and culture of these people and citizens of Myanmar. Burmese is both a noun (singular and plural) and adjective. The ethnic group after which Burma is named is the Burmans or Bamars. For a period in the past (from the end of the 19th century to 1964), English was taught as used as the primary language of instruction in the nation's educational institutes.People in Myanmar are called Burmese (fortunately the generals didn't change the official name of the people along with the name of the country). Although Burmese is used as the primary language of instruction in schools across the country, English is taught as a secondary language. Foreign Languages Spoken In MyanmarĮnglish is an important foreign language whose study is highly promoted in Myanmar. Several other minority languages are spoken by the various ethnic communities living in Myanmar. The Katyin State and the Tanintharyi Region also has significant Mon speaking populations. ![]() Most of the Mon speakers in Myanmar live in the Mon State of the country. Not all Mon people in the country speak this language since a significant section of the Mon population here are monolingual in Burmese. ![]() The Mon language, an Austroasiatic language, is spoken by about 750,000 Mon people living in Myanmar. About 900,000 ethnic Kachins speak the Kachin language in Burma. KachinĪ significant number of people of the Kachin State of Burma speak the Kachin or Jingpho language, a member of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The languages are written using the Burmese script. The language is classified into three primary branches, namely the Pwo, Sqaw, and the Pa'o. The Karen languages are a group of tonal languages spoken by the Karen people of Myanmar. Approximately 3.2 million people speak the Shan language. The Shan language belongs to the Tai–Kadai language family. It is also spoken in some parts of Burma’s Kachin state as well. The language is mostly spoken in the country’s Shan State. The Shan language is a native language of Myanmar that is spoken by the Shan people. Another 10 million people speak it as a second language. About 32 million people speak Burmese as their first language. The language is age-oriented and includes the usage of honorifics. Burmese is taught in schools across the country and in the numerous monasteries dotting Myanmar. The script used to write Burmese was developed in the 5th century from a southern Indian script. The Burmese language is related to the Chinese and Tibetan languages. Burmese is also spoken by the Mon ethnic minority group and some other minority ethnic groups in Myanmar. Burmese, a Sino-Tibetan language, is the mother tongue of millions of Bamar people who speak it as a first language. It is also the most widely spoken language in the country. The official language of Myanmar is Burmese. English is a popular foreign language in the country. The most popular among them is the Burmese which is spoken by two-thirds of the country’s population. ![]() Nearly 100 languages are spoken in Myanmar (Burma). ![]()
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