Jinghpaw
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Jingpo — Infobox Ethnic group group=Jingpo / Kachin Jinghpaw, Tsaiva, Lechi poptime=around 130,000 in China; 540,763 in Kachin State (Myanmar Gov t [http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/religion/Waso%20robes%20offering06.htm] ) to approx. 1 1.5 million… … Wikipedia
Kachin — Any member of a group of tribal peoples occupying parts of northeastern Myanmar and contiguous areas of India (Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland) and China (Yunnan). Numbering more than 700,000, they speak a variety of languages of the Tibeto Burman … Universalium
Jingpho language — Not to be confused with Jili language. Jingpho Pronunciation tɕiŋ˧˩pʰɔʔ˧˩ Spoken in Burma (Myanmar), China, India Region Kachin State, Yingjiang County … Wikipedia
Kachins — One of Burma s major ethnic groups, numbering 465,484 in the last official census taken in 1983 (1.4 percent of the total population). At the end of the 20th century, the Kachin population was estimated at around one million. Most live in… … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Sino-Tibetan languages — Sino Tibetan Geographic distribution: East Asia Linguistic classification: One of the world s major language families. Subdivisions: Sinitic Tibeto Burman ISO 639 … Wikipedia
Tibeto-Burman languages — Infobox Language family name=Tibeto Burman region=East Asia familycolor=Sino Tibetan family = Sino Tibetan (debated) [Cf. Beckwith, Christopher I. 1996. The Morphological Argument for the Existence of Sino Tibetan. Pan Asiatic Linguistics:… … Wikipedia
Kachin State — Infobox Burmesestatedivision englishname = Kachin State burmesename = ကချင်ပြည်နယ် transcription = kahkyin pi nai capital = Myitkyina region = Northern area = 89,041 population =1,200,000 ethnic = Kachin, Bamar, Shan, Naga, Indians, Chinese… … Wikipedia
Kachin — may refer to: #An ethnic group, in Burma known as Kachin (or Jingpaw), in China (Yunnan) known as Jingpo. in India (Arunachal) known as Singpho #The Jingpho language is sometimes referred to as Kachin #The Nhpaw or Jinghpaw is sometimes referred… … Wikipedia
List of ethnic groups in Burma — An ethnolinguistic map of Burma Burma (Myanmar) is an ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct ethnic groups officially recognized by the Burmese government. These are grouped into eight major national ethnic races : Kachin Kayah Kayin Chin… … Wikipedia
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