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Burmese Malays
Melayu Myanmar/Melayu Burma/ملايو ميانمار ပသျှူးလူမျိုး พม่าเชื้อสายมลายู | |
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 A group of Burmese Malays in the 1950s. | |
| Total population | |
| 27,000 in Myanmar (excluding the number of diaspora in Thailand and return migration to Malaysia) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tanintharyi (mostly in Kawthaung District); Ranong, Thailand; Langkawi, Malaysia | |
| Languages | |
| Kedah Malay · Southern Thai · Burmese | |
| Religion | |
Predominantly Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Malays (especially Kedahan Malays and Satun Malays), Moken |
Burmese Malays (Malay: Melayu Myanmar/Melayu Burma, Jawi: ملايو ميانمار, Burmese: ပသျှူးလူမျိုး, Pashu)[1] is a Malay ethnic primarily live in Tanintharyi Region in the southern part of Myanmar. There are some dispersed Malay from the northernmost states of Malaysia and from southern Thailand. They are believed to be of Kedahan Malay descent. Some of the Moken people in the Mergui Archipelago speak a Malay.
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