Va people

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Va
(Wa, Ava, Parauk, Ba rāog)

Total population

approx. 1.2 million

Regions with significant populations

China (Yunnan)	400,000^{[citation needed]}
Myanmar

Languages

Religions

Animism

The Va nationality (Chinese: 佤族; pinyin: Wǎzú; Burmese: ဝလူမ္ယုိး; IPA: [wa̰ lùmjóʊ]) lives mainly in compact communities in the Ximeng (in Va: Mēng Ka or Si Moung), Cangyuan, Menglian (Gaeng Līam), Gengma (Gaeng Mīex or Gaeng Māx), Lincang (Mēng Lām), Shuangjiang (Si Nblāeng or Mēng Mēng), Zhenkang and Yongde counties in southwestern Yunnan Province of China. Their population in China is around 400,000.

The Va language belongs to Mon-Khmer of the Austroasiatic family. A written language was created for the Va people in 1957.

The Va form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China. They also live in Myanmar.

[edit] External links

The Va ethnic minority (government website, in English)
A Dictionary of the Wa Language with Burmese (Myanmar), Chinese, and English Glosses
ワ語の発音と表記 (Pronunciation and spelling of Va; in Japanese)
Wa page from China Style site
Wa page from Ethnologue site

[edit] Bibliography

J. G. Scott, Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States. 5 vols. Rangoon, 1900-1901.
J. G. Scott, Burma and beyond. London, 1932.
G. E. Harvey, Wa Précis. Rangoon, 1933.
G. E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills. London: John Murray, 1936.
Bertil Lintner, Burma in Revolt: opium and insurgency since 1948. Chiang Mai, 1999.
Andrew Marshall, The Trouser People: a Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire. London: Penguin; Washington: Counterpoint, 2002. ISBN 1-58243-120-5.

[edit] Fiction

G. E. Mitton and J. G. Scott, In the Grip of the Wild Wa. London, 1913.

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