Language Wa. wbm_word-list_1983_01.html, entries: 1 - 45
Also Known As:
K'awa, Kawa, Va, Vo, Wa Pwi, Wakut, Awa, Vü, Wa-Vü, Paraok, Praok, Parauk, Baraog, 佤語, ဝ
Dialects & Varieties
- Kentung Wa
- La
- En
- Son
- Wa Lon
- Wu
A study of Wa (佤語方言研究)
Chou Zhizhi (周植志), Yan Qixiang (顏其香), Chen Guoching (陳國慶). 2004. A study of Wa (佤語方言研究). Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House (民族出版社)
Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
396,619 in China (as of 2000 census)
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Location and Context
Countries
Yunnan Province, China
Location Description
mainly spoken in Cangyuan Va Autonomous County (滄源佤族自治縣), Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County (耿馬傣族佤族自治縣), Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai Autonomous County (雙江拉祜佤族布朗族傣族自治縣), Yongde County (永德縣), and Zhenkang County (鎮康縣) in Lincang District (臨滄區); Ximeng Va Autonomous County (西盟佤族自治縣), Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County (孟連傣族拉祜族佤族自治縣), Lancang Lahu Autonomous County (瀾滄拉祜族自治縣), in Simao District (思茅區). Also spoken in Thailand and Burma.
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Writing Systems
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Writing system:
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This orthography was first established in 1957 by Chinese Academy of Sciences (中國科學院少數民族語言調查第三工作隊), and had undergone revisions in 1958 and 1964.