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ALSO KNOWN AS		K'awa, Kawa, Va, Vo, Wa Pwi, Wakut, Awa, Vü, Wa-Vü, Paraok, Praok, Parauk, Baraog, 佤語, ဝ
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Palaungic, East Palaungic,Wa-Lawa, Waic
ORTHOGRAPHY		roman scripts
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wbm
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kentung Wa La En Son Wa Lon Wu
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Information from: “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)

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
396,619 in China (as of 2000 census)

Scripts (Writing system): roman scripts
More on Orthography: 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.

PLACES: 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.

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
838,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Many monolinguals

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Myanmar; China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: China: Southwest Yunnan, Lincang Prefecture, Yongde and Zhenkang counties.

	2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)						Institute for Language Information and Technology	Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.										22.662531,99.567372
		World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			838,000		100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2004	A study of Wa (佤語方言研究)	A study of Wa (佤語方言研究)	in Chinese							Chou Zhizhi (周植志), Yan Qixiang (顏其香), Chen Guoching (陳國慶)	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)		396,619 in China (as of 2000 census)			100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Yunnan Province, China	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.
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		40,000	2000	10000-99999	Many monolinguals	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Myanmar; China	China: Southwest Yunnan, Lincang Prefecture, Yongde and Zhenkang counties.

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At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

838,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

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At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

838,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

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