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An ethnolinguistic map of Myanmar from 1972. Similar to the concepts of pribumi in Indonesia and bumiputera in Malaysia, Burmese society categorises indigenous peoples who had historically lived in what is now modern-day Myanmar as taing-yin-tha (တိုင်းရင်းသား), [22] which is typically translated as 'national race' or 'indigenous race.'
Since the country achieved independence in 1948, "Myanmar" has been officially used to designate both the nation-state, its official language and majority ethnic group, but the ethnic group was renamed to "Bamar" in 1980 by the order of General Ne Win. [5] In spoken usage, "Bamar" and "Myanmar" remain interchangeable, especially with respect to ...
North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. South America has an area of approximately 17,840,000 square kilometres (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of Earth's surface. As of 2018, its population is more than 430 million, according to estimates of population in The World Factbook.
Myanmar is one of the world's most corrupt nations. The 2012 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ranked the country at number 171, out of 176 countries in total. [362] Myanmar is the world's second largest producer of opium after Afghanistan, producing some 25% of the world's opium, and forms part of the Golden Triangle.
The following is a list of adjectival and demonymic forms of countries and nations in English and their demonymic equivalents. A country adjective describes something as being from that country, for example, " Italian cuisine " is "cuisine of Italy".
America (AMER): Usage varies; it may refer to just the United States of America, or just North America, or all of North and South America combined, or some other combination. Americas (AMS or AMERS): Usage varies; often refers to all of North and South America combined. AMS: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino [1]
The United Nations, of which Myanmar is a member, endorsed the name change five days after its announcement. [12] However, the United States [ 13 ] still refers to the country as "Burma". The United States government attributes its choice to support for the party deemed to have won the 1990 election but been denied power by the junta.
Note: This map is based on 1972 Burmese census. Other ethnic groups like Rakhine, Kayah, Pa’O and Shanni might not appear on this map because government merge sub ethnic groups into a large single ethnic group. (i.e. Kayah and Pa’O are Karen sub groups so government merge them into a one single ethnic identity.)