Burmese - Burmese (English spelling)

Japanese: ビルマ族 - ビルマぞく（英語表記）Burman

They call themselves Bama. They are an ethnic group that speak a language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, and make up about 70% of the total population of Myanmar. In the periphery of the country, dialects such as Arakan on the southwest coast, Tavoi and Bay on the southeast coast, Intha, Taungyo and Danu in the eastern mountainous region, and Yo in the west are spoken. Anthropologically, the Burmese belong to the Mongoloid race, with straight black hair and brown skin. They mainly live in the plains of the middle and lower reaches of the Irrawaddy River and its tributaries, the Chindwin River and the Sittaung River basins, as well as on the coasts of Arakan and Tenasserim, and most of them engage in agriculture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

自称はバマーBama。シナ･チベット語族のチベット･ビルマ語派に属する言語を話す民族で，ミャンマー総人口の約70％を占める。国内の周辺部では南西海岸でアラカン，南東海岸でタボイ，ベイ，東部山地でインダー，タウンヨー，ダヌ，西部でヨーなどの方言が話されている。ビルマ族は人類学的にはモンゴロイドに属し，頭髪は直毛で黒く，皮膚は茶褐色をしている。おもな居住地は，イラワジ川中･下流の平地とその支流チンドウィン川およびシッタウン川の流域，ならびにアラカン，テナッセリムの両海岸などで，そのほとんどが農業を営んでいる。

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