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Burman
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Bur·man  (bûrmn)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the principal, Burmese-speaking ethnic group of Myanmar.
2. Of or relating to Myanmar; Burmese.
n. pl. Bur·mans
1. A member of the principal, Burmese-speaking ethnic group of Myanmar, especially as distinguished from the Shan, Karen, and other minority peoples.
2. A native or inhabitant of Myanmar; a Burmese.


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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.
We call our country the Union of Burma, but they only teach about the Burmans [the ethnic majority].
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.
 
 
 
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