Bamar people

Bamar

ဗမာလူမျိုး ba. ma lu myui:
A Bamar couple in the 1890s
Regions with significant populations
Myanmar	35,077,800
Thailand	2,300,000[1]
Singapore	50,000[2]
Australia	32,655[3]
Japan	28,860[4]
Languages
Burmese
Religion
Majority:- Theravada Buddhism • Burmese folk religion Minority:- Islam • Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Danu Intha Rakhine Marma Meitais Achang Yi Other Sino-Tibetan-speaking peoples

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The Bamar people (Burmese: ဗမာလူမျိုး, ba. ma lu myui: IPA: [bə.mà lù mjó]) (formerly known as Burmese people or Burmans) are a Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnic group native to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).^[5] With an estimated population of around 35 million people, they are the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, accounting for 68.78% of the country's total population. The geographic homeland of the Bamar is the Irrawaddy River basin. The Bamar speak the Burmese language which serves as the national language and lingua franca of Myanmar.^[6]