Bawmzo | |
|---|---|
 Bawm woman from the Chittagong Hill Tracts | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Bangladesh | 13,193[1] |
 India | 5,000 [citation needed] |
 Myanmar | 2,500[2] |
| Languages | |
| Bawm, Chittagonian, Bengali | |
| Religion | |
| Protestant Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hmar · Chin · Kuki · Mizo | |
The Bom, Bawm or Bawmzo (Bengali: বম), are an ethnic community inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census the population of Bawms in Bangladesh is 13,193.[1] In 2004, around 10,000 Bawm inhabited India[citation needed]. 2,500 Bawms reside in Myanmar.[2] They speak the Sino-Tibetan Bawm language.
The Bawm are victims in the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict, especially in the continuation of it. Bawms are targeted by the Bangla Desh army as well as by the Kuki-Chin National Front,[3]
- ^ a b "Table 1.4 Ethnic Population by Group and Sex" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2021. p. 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ a b Kim, Roy & Sangma. 2011. The Kuki-Chin Communities of Bangladesh: A sociolinguistic survey. SIL International.
- ^ According to the prayer list of AKREF, a working group of the German Evangelical Alliance, from May 16th, 2024 (archived).