Bawm people
Bawmzo | |
|---|---|
Bawm woman from the Chittagong Hill Tracts | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Bangladesh | 13,193 |
| India | 5,000 |
| Myanmar | 2,500 |
| 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. In 2004, around 10,000 Bawm inhabited India. 2,500 Bawms reside in Myanmar. 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 Bangladesh Army as well as by the Arakan Army,