Bamar

E42683
ethnic group ethnic group in Myanmar

The Bamar are the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, historically dominant in the country’s politics, culture, and language.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bamar canonical 47
Bamar people 31
Bamar Americans 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group in Myanmar ⓘ
alternativeName Bama ⓘ
Burmese people ⓘ
surface form: Burman

Burmese people ⓘ
surface form: Myanmar people
associatedState Kingdom of Ava ⓘ
Konbaung Dynasty ⓘ
Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Toungoo Dynasty ⓘ
capitalCityRegion Mandalay ⓘ
Naypyidaw ⓘ
Yangon ⓘ
colonialHistory subject to British colonial rule in Burma ⓘ
conflictContext ethnic tensions in Myanmar ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
culture Burmese culture ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Burmese ⓘ
exonym Burmese people ⓘ
surface form: Burman
historicalRole culturally dominant group in Myanmar ⓘ
linguistically dominant group in Myanmar ⓘ
politically dominant group in Myanmar ⓘ
influenced national identity of Myanmar ⓘ
official language policy of Myanmar ⓘ
state Buddhism in Myanmar ⓘ
language Burmese ⓘ
surface form: Burmese language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
majorFestival Tazaungdaing ⓘ
Thadingyut ⓘ
Thingyan ⓘ
nationalLanguageAssociation Burmese as official language of Myanmar ⓘ
populationProportionInMyanmar largest ethnic group ⓘ
majority ⓘ
postColonialRole dominant group in independent Burma ⓘ
primaryReligion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
region Irrawaddy River ⓘ
surface form: Irrawaddy River valley

central Myanmar ⓘ
dry zone of Myanmar ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Mon people ⓘ
Rakhine people ⓘ
Shan people ⓘ
religion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism

animism ⓘ
folk Buddhism ⓘ
selfDesignation Bamar self-link ⓘ
subgroupOf Burmese people ⓘ
traditionalDress longyi ⓘ
traditionalReligionElements Buddhist merit-making ⓘ
nat worship ⓘ
writingSystem Burmese script ⓘ

Referenced by (82)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Min Ko Naing → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Burma (until 1937) → ethnicGroups → Bamar ⓘ
Myanmar → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan languages → spokenBy → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Maung → usedByEthnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Maung → usedByEthnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burmese people
Bamar → selfDesignation → Bamar self-link ⓘ
Burmese American → includesEthnicSubgroups → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar Americans
Upper Burma → dominantEthnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Tenasserim → ethnicDiversity → Bamar ⓘ
Mandalay → ethnicGroups → Bamar ⓘ
Karen → neighboringEthnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
subject surface form: Karen people
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Karen State → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Burmese → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Burmese → majorityLanguageOf → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Burmese calendar → usedBy → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Burmese script → usedBy → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Chinthe → hasCulturalContext → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar culture
Yangon Region → hasEthnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Burmese people → ethnonym → Bamar ⓘ
Burmese people → autonym → Bamar ⓘ
Kawthaung → ethnicGroups → Bamar ⓘ
Hpa-an area → hasMinorityGroups → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Burmese diaspora → includesEthnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Maung Thura → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Mon State → hasEthnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Maung Maung Soe → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Khin Kyi → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Aung San → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Bama → alternativeNameOf → Bamar ⓘ
Bama → selfDesignation → Bamar ⓘ
Pagan Kingdom → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Konbaung Dynasty → ethnicGroupInPower → Bamar ⓘ
Thadingyut → celebratedBy → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Tazaungdaing → celebratedBy → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Rakhine people → closelyRelatedTo → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Rakhine people → ethnicallyDistinctFrom → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Rakhine people → culturallyDistinctFrom → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Rakhine people → historicallyDistinctFrom → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Rakhine people → relatedEthnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Burmese nationalism → linkedToEthnicIdentity → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Saw Maung → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Than Shwe → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Tin Oo (general) → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Tatmadaw → dominantEthnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Kingdom of Ava → ethnicMajority → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Thingyan → observedBy → Bamar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamar people
Khin Nyunt → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Maung Aye → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ
Sagaing Region → ethnicGroup → Bamar ⓘ