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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.
Chinese Americans are the largest group at nearly 2% of the state’s population and 1.4% Chinese alone. Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Indians, and Filipinos are plentiful. Seattle is 5% Chinese, and 15% Asian. Nearby Bellevue has a larger Chinese and Asian/Asian Indian population, at least 25%.
Cities considered to have significant Chinese-American populations are large U.S. cities or municipalities with a critical mass of at least 1% of the total urban population; medium-sized cities with a critical mass of at least 1% of their total population; and small cities with a critical mass of at least 10% of the total population.
Because of these laws, many Chinese men were unable to marry and have children. This led to a diminished Chinese population in the state. By 1910, Idaho had only 859 Chinese residents in contrast to its 4,000 residents in 1870. [15] Unlike Washington and Oregon however, Chinese residents in Idaho had more freedom in a number of entities.
Taishanese; Native to: China, overseas communities particularly in United States and Canada: Region: Sze Yup, the Pearl River Delta; United States: historic Chinese communities in Chinatown, San Francisco, other parts of the San Francisco Bay Area of California such as in the San Jose and Oakland areas, Chinatown, Boston and nearby Quincy, Massachusetts, and New York City, Seattle, Washington ...
ISO 3166-2:US is the entry for the United States in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
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It is the largest weekend Chinese school in the United States. As of 2013 95% of the students are of Asian ancestry while 5% are not. [16] The Seattle Chinese School (simplified Chinese: 西雅图华文学校; traditional Chinese: 西雅圖華文學校; pinyin: Xīyǎtú Huáwén Xuéxiào) holds its classes at Interlake High School in Bellevue ...