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Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa people of Myanmar and China. There are three distinct varieties, sometimes considered separate languages; their names in Ethnologue are Parauk , the majority and standard form; Vo ( Zhenkang Wa, 40,000 speakers) and Awa (100,000 speakers), though all may be called Wa , Awa , Va , Vo .
After the ceasefire, the Myanmar government began to call the region "Shan State Special Region No. 2 (Wa Region)" [20]: 111–112 (Parauk: Hak Tiex Baux Nong (2) Meung Man; [21] Chinese: 缅甸掸邦第二特区; Burmese: "ဝ" အထူးဒေသ(၂)). In 1990s, Wa State obtained Southern area by force. From 1999 to 2002, 80,000 former ...
Butler English: (also Bearer English or Kitchen English), once an occupational dialect, now a social dialect. Hinglish: a growing macaronic hybrid use of English and Indian languages. Regional and local Indian English. East Region: Odia English, Bhojpuriya English, Assamese English, Bengali English, North-East Indian English etc.
Burmese, spoken by two-thirds of the population, is the official language. [2] Languages spoken by ethnic minorities represent six language families: Sino-Tibetan, Austro-Asiatic, Tai–Kadai, Indo-European, Austronesian and Hmong–Mien, [3] as well as an incipient national standard for Burmese sign language. [4]
Myanmar's government declared the area to be administered by the Wa people, under the official name Wa Special Region 2. Its territory is entirely under the control of the de facto independent Wa State. [4] Hopang and Pan Lon were directly controlled by the Tatmadaw until their transfer to Wa State in January 2024. [1] [5]
Wa–Lawa–La Wa proper Wa; Lawa. Bo Luang; Umphal; The recently discovered Meung Yum and Savaiq languages [1] [2] of Shan State, Burma also belong to the Wa language cluster. Other Waic languages in Shan State, eastern Myanmar are En and Siam (Hsem), [3] [4] which are referred to by Scott (1900) [5] as En and Son.
The Wa States was the name formerly given to the Wa Land, the natural and historical region inhabited mainly by the Wa people, an ethnic group speaking an Austroasiatic language. The region is located to the northeast of the Shan States of British Burma , in the area of present-day Shan State of northern Myanmar (Burma) and the western zone of ...
The regions were called divisions prior to August 2010, [1] and four of them are named after their capital city, the exceptions being Sagaing Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Tanintharyi Region. The regions can be described as ethnically predominantly Burman (Bamar) , while the states, the zones and Wa Division are dominated by ethnic minorities.