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Reference: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: This is my post in Wiki with the Pseudonym or Username Darz kkg<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burmese Malays<\/strong> (Malay<\/a>: Melayu Myanmar\/Melayu Burma<\/em>, Jawi<\/a>: \u0645\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0648 \u0645\u064a\u0627\u0646\u0645\u0627\u0631\u200e, Burmese<\/a>: \u1015\u101e\u103b\u103e\u1030\u1038\u101c\u1030\u1019\u103b\u102d\u102f\u1038, Pashu<\/em>)[1]<\/a><\/sup> is a Malay<\/a> ethnic primarily live in Tanintharyi Region<\/a> in the southern part of Myanmar<\/a>. There are some dispersed Malay from the northernmost states of Malaysia and from southern Thailand<\/a>. They are believed to be of Kedahan Malay<\/a> descent. Some of the Moken people<\/a> in the Mergui Archipelago<\/a> speak a Malay<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A group of Burmese Malays in the 1950s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In 1865, an Arab-Malay group led by Nayuda Ahmed, traveling and collecting sea products around Mergui Archipelago settled down in Victoria Point Bay, now located in modern-day Kawthaung<\/a>, which commenced the first wave of migration from Kedah. The Burmese Malays mainly live in Bokpyin Township<\/a> and a few islands in the southern part of the Mergui Archipelago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Malay influence is clearly visible in the names of certain settlements near Kawthaung<\/a> \u2014 the words Kampong<\/em>, Ulu<\/em>, Telok<\/em>, Tengah<\/em>, and Pulau<\/em> (Malay words for village, remote, bay, central, and island respectively) appear in a handful of settlement names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1917 Ethnological Survey of Burma<\/em>, there are 6,368 individuals identified as Malays.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population<\/th><\/tr>
27,000 in Myanmar
(excluding the number of diaspora in Thailand and return migration to Malaysia)<\/small><\/td><\/tr>
Regions with significant populations<\/th><\/tr>
Tanintharyi<\/a> (mostly in Kawthaung District<\/a>); Ranong<\/a>, Thailand<\/a>; Langkawi<\/a>, Malaysia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Languages<\/th><\/tr>
Kedah Malay<\/a> \u00b7<\/strong> Southern Thai<\/a> \u00b7<\/strong> Burmese<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Religion<\/th><\/tr>
Predominantly<\/strong>
<\/a> Sunni Islam<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Related ethnic groups<\/th><\/tr>
Malays<\/a> (especially Kedahan Malays<\/a> and Satun Malays<\/a>), Moken<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Language, culture, and religion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Malays living in Southern Burma are related to the Kedahan Malay<\/a> and maintain strong kinship, cultural and economic links to the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Penang, and Perlis) and Southern Thailand (especially among the Malays in Ranong<\/a>, Krabi<\/a>, and Phuket<\/a>) till today. They speak Burmese<\/a> and the Kedah\u2013Satun dialect<\/a>. Due to the prevalence of Islamic religious schooling among the community, many of these Malays can also read the Jawi script<\/a> which was the old Arabic-derived script used in the Malay Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Malays are adherents of the Shafi’i<\/a> madhab<\/a><\/em> of Sunni Islam. The Mokens<\/a>, although related to the Malays, have their own Austronesian languages<\/a> and a separate cultural, societal and religious identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sizable wave of return migration<\/a> from Myanmar in 1980s has also resulted in a large settlement of Burmese Malay community that is concentrated in Bukit Malut, Langkawi, and Kedah. The present-day population is estimated to be around 8,000 individuals.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 10,000 residents of Bukit Malut are essentially Malays and not ethnic Rohingya<\/a> migrants, according to Langkawi Member of Parliament Tun Mahathir Mohamad<\/a>. They were actually nomadic Malays who migrated to Thailand and Myanmar before moving back and settled in Langkawi. They all speak Malay well. Nearly 80% of them are fishermen who rely on marine life for a living, supplying fish to Langkawi and as far as Kelantan. They are self-sufficient.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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