These are grouped into eight "major national ethnic races": This is a list of insurgent groups in Myanmar (also known as Burma). This book attempts to help push it further ajar. Myanmar: Major ethnic groups and where they live. According to data released by Myanmar Peace Monitor in 2013, Myanmar remains home to some 50 ethnic armed forces, which include both revolutionary armed groups, government-backed militia of various ethnicities and smaller insurgent groups. The source of this list is the 9 captions from an unscientific Italian book, therefore Italian spelling. They have close ties with … They are officially called ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) by the government of Myanmar. These are grouped into eight "major national ethnic races": The "major national ethnic races" are grouped primarily according to region rather than linguistic or ethnic affiliation, as for example the Shan Major National Ethnic Race includes 33 ethnic groups speaking languages in at least four widely differing language families.[2]. The support from ethnic groups is immensely significant for the CDM. Despite numerous ceasefires and the creation of autonomous self-administered zones in 2008, many groups continue to call for independence, increased autonomy, or the federalisation of the country. They are grouped in the following order: New Ceasefire groups, Combatant groups, BGF transformed groups, PMF transformed groups, Special Case groups and Defunct groups. Wa. Armed ethnic groups. The Tatmadaw is believed to number 350,000, making it Southeast Asia's second-largest armed force. The Wa live primarily in the self-administrative division of Shan state. Myanmar's ethnic armed factions will not stand by and do nothing if the military junta's forces continue to kill protesters, the leader of one of the main armed groups said on Saturday. Despite that fact that Myanmar has for ages been housing a … 1 Ethnic armed actors is used throughout this research brief to refer to both state-backed ethnic militia and opposition ethnic armed groups collectively. Below is a full list of active resistance groups from 2009 to present. The ethno-political conflict in Myanmar has been caused by … Note: The list is very controversial. Up to 25,000 villagers have fled their homes and are hiding in jungles and caves, according to Mr Eubank. Myanmar (also known as Burma) is an ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct ethnic groups officially recognised by the Burmese Government. identification, this report will refer to majority ethnic group in Myanmar as Bamar. They are officially called ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) by the government of Myanmar. In response, the KNLA has kept up guerrilla attacks on Myanmar patrols and bases. When the military seized power on Monday following a coup, the army announced a ceasefire with the ethnic armed groups to extend until the end of February. More attention will be devoted to issues around naming in subsequent pages. Myanmar’s armed ethnic groups, which control large swathes of the country, on Tuesday threatened to enter the conflict and “fight alongside the people” if the junta continued to attack protesters, with security forces firing into funerals, bodies being burnt and dozens of children losing their lives. On Saturday (March 27), Myanmar military fighter jets dropped bombs on territory held by the KNU in the ethnic Karen region, for the first time in more than 20 years, killing several people and sending thousands fleeing to Thailand. Jongman, and Michael Stohl. Many unrecognised ethnic groups exist, the largest being the Burmese Chinese and Panthay (who together form 3% of the population), Burmese Indians (who form 2% of the population), Anglo-Burmese and Gurkha. BANGKOK - In the first few weeks after the Feb 1 coup in Myanmar, hopeful protesters circulated a map showing where some of the country's ethnic armed groups … Myanmar is home to some twenty ethnic armed groups fighting for greater rights and autonomy, as well as several hundred militias of various sizes that are loosely aligned with the Myanmar military. These groups are among the ethnic rebels that have an estimated 100,000 armed troops in their ranks. Myanmar (also known as Burma) is an ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct ethnic groups officially recognised by the Burmese Government. Possibly originally a list of tax rate districts. The Government of Myanmar (Burma) does not recognise several ethnic groups as being among the list of 135 officially recognised ethnic groups: Note: This is a list of is languages, and the name of a language are not always the same as the name of an ethnic group. The junta’s worst nightmare is an alliance between the anti-coup movement and ethnic armed groups. Many of the names and spelling variants are known only from this list.[3][4]. Mountains in the border region between Myanmar… 1". There are no official statistics regarding the population of the latter two groups, although unofficial estimates place around 52,000 Anglo-Burmese in Burma with around 1.6 million outside the country. As can be seen in the conflict map the primary actors that are identified are Tatmadaw, the government, Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and two ethnic groups: the Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya. 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