Rakhine people

E218954

The Rakhine people are an ethnic group primarily inhabiting Myanmar’s coastal Rakhine State, with their own distinct language and culture closely related to but historically and culturally separate from the majority Bamar population.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rakhine people canonical 11
Rakhine Buddhists 3
Arakanese Buddhists 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
human population group
associatedWith Kingdom of Arakan
linked to: Kingdom of Mrauk U

Kingdom of Mrauk U
borderRegion Bay of Bengal coast
linked to: Bay of Bengal
closelyRelatedTo Bamar people
linked to: Bamar
continent Asia
country Myanmar
cuisine seafood-based dishes
spicy fish noodle soup (Rakhine monti)
culturallyDistinctFrom Bamar people
linked to: Bamar
culturalPractice Theravada Buddhist festivals
pagoda worship
traditional boat building
diaspora Bangladesh
India
Thailand
ethnicallyDistinctFrom Bamar people
linked to: Bamar
ethnicGroupOf Myanmar
ethnolinguisticGroup Burmese-related peoples
hasAutonym Rakhine
linked to: Arakan
hasExonym Arakanese
linked to: Rakhine language
historicalLanguage Old Arakanese
linked to: Burmese
historicallyDistinctFrom Bamar people
linked to: Bamar
historicalReligion Buddhism
language Rakhine language
languageFamily Burmese language family
Sino-Tibetan languages
majorityIn Rakhine State
majorReligion Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
nativeTo Rakhine State
western Myanmar
partOf Burmanic peoples
populationCenter Mrauk U
linked to: Kingdom of Mrauk U

Sittwe
Thandwe
primaryRegion Rakhine State
relatedEthnicGroup Bamar people
linked to: Bamar

Intha people
Tavoyan people
religion Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
traditionalOccupation fishing
maritime trade
rice cultivation
traditionalRegionName Arakan
traditionalReligion Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
usesScript Burmese script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bamar relatedEthnicGroup Rakhine people
Arakan hasEthnicGroup Rakhine people
Rohingya ethnicallyDistinctFrom Rakhine Buddhists
linked to: Rakhine people
Burmese calendar usedBy Rakhine people
Burmese people relatedEthnicGroup Rakhine people
India–Myanmar border hasEthnicGroup Rakhine people
Bama relatedEthnicGroups Rakhine people
Sittwe ethnicGroupPresent Rakhine Buddhists
linked to: Rakhine people
Thingyan observedBy Rakhine people
Western Myanmar ethnicGroup Rakhine people
subject linked to: western Myanmar
Rakhine language spokenBy Rakhine people
Rakhine language ethnicLanguageOf Rakhine people
Vesali associatedWithEthnicGroup Rakhine people
Kingdom of Mrauk U hadPopulationGroup Arakanese Buddhists
linked to: Rakhine people
Rakhine State hasEthnicGroup Rakhine Buddhists
linked to: Rakhine people