|
|
|
|
Join our mailing list today
and receive the latest indigenous news and information from Native Planet!
|
 |
|
|
Each donation supports our cause and expands our efforts. (donations
here via Paypal)
|
|
|
Share your time, enthusiasm and skills to make a difference on our Planet!
|
|
|
Akha |
Arakanese |
Chin |
Danau |
Kachin |
Karen |
Karenni |
Kokang |
Kuki |
Mon |
Nagas |
Rohingya |
Shan |
Tavoyan |
Wa |
| Arakanese |
|
| Indigenous Group |
Arakanese (also known as:
Rakhine, Mogh, Marma, Maghi) |
| Location |
Burma, Northwest area in the
Arakan state (bounded by the Arakan Yoma mountain range and the Bay of Bengal) |
| Estimated Population |
1,708,000 (2004, CIA World Factbook). |
| Environment |
Mountainous coastal strip,
including tropical islands |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture |
| Level of Assimilation |
Assimilated |
| Language Family |
Arakanese
Classification: Sino-Tibetan language family.
Dialects: Maghi, Morma, Yakan, Yakhaing, Rakhain, Mogh, Magh, Marma, Mash
and Rakhine. |
| Website URLs |
http://www.shwelumaung.org
http://www.rakhapura.com
http://home.planet.nl/...
http://www.arakan.homestead.com
http://www.rakhine.org |
| NGOs |
The Arakan Society, All Arakan Students and Youth Congress (AASYC), Arakan Human Rights Research Committee Burma, Shwelumaung.org, Arakanese Movement, Rakhaing Development Foundation, Rakhaing Women’s Union. |
|
|
|
