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Burman

The largest ethnic group in Myanmar (formerly Burma). The Burmans, speakers of a Sino-Tibetan language, migrated from the hills of Tibet, settling in the areas around Mandalay by the 11th century.

From the Mons, a neighbouring people, the Burmans acquired Hīnayāna Buddhism and a written script based on Indian syllables. The Burmans are mainly settled in the valleys where they cultivate rice in irrigated fields.
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Besides the Burmans and the Mons, there were such sizable minorities as the Karens, the Chins, the Kachins and the Shans, who were largely mountain people and occupied fifty percent of the Burmese land.
The Buddhist Revival in Burma by Saronkorn Seuyouyong / Philosophy and religion community
We call our country the Union of Burma, but they only teach about the Burmans [the ethnic majority].
'All history is propaganda' by New Internationalist
In a letter, Adoniram wrote that he was "extremely anxious to get some parts of scripture, at least, into an intelligible shape, if for no other purpose than to read, as occasion offers, to the Burmans with whom I meet.
Beyond translation: the work of the Judsons in Burma by Pleasants, Phyllis Rodgerson / Baptist History and Heritage
 
 
 
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