Va people
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Va (Wa, Ava, Parauk, Ba rāog)
Total population
approx. 1.2 million
Regions with significant populations
China  (Yunnan) 400,000citation needed  Burma
Languages
Va language, Yunnanese Mandarin(both for China and Wa state of Burma)
Religion
Animism, Buddhism

The Va nationality (Chinese: 佤族; pinyin: Wǎzú; Burmese: ဝလူမျိုး; 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 group 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 Burma.

See also

• Wa State
• United Wa State Army

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

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.

Fiction

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

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