Anglo-Burmese people

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Anglo-Burmese people

An Anglo-Burmese family in the 1920s
Total population
Myanmar c. 52,000, (worldwide total unknown)
Regions with significant populations
Australia, India, Myanmar, United Kingdom, United States
Languages
Burmese, English
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Anglo-Indians Bamar people British people English people Other minor ethnic groups of Myanmar

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 British and other Europeans and Burmese people from 1826 until 1948 when Myanmar gained its independence from the British Empire.^{[citation needed]} Those who could not adjust to the new way of life after independence and the ushering in of military dictatorship are dispersed throughout the world. How many stayed in Myanmar is not accurately known.

The term "Anglo-Burmese" is also used to refer to Eurasians of European and other Burmese ethnic minority groups (e.g. Karen, Mon, Shan, and Sino-Burmese etc.) descent. It also, after 1937, included Anglo-Indian residents in Myanmar. Collectively, in the Burmese language, Eurasians are specifically known as bo kabya; the term kabya refers to persons of mixed ancestry or dual ethnicity.