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The Wa nationality ( Chinese: 佤族 Wǎzú; own names: Va, Ava, Parauk, i.e. Ba rāog in official orthography) lives mainly in compact communities in the Ximeng , Cangyuan , Menglian , Gengma , Lancang , Shuangjiang , Zhenkang and Yongde counties in southwestern Yunnan Province of China. Its population is 0.351 million.

The Wa people's language belongs to Mon-Khmer of the Austroasiatic family. A written language was created for the Wa people in 1957.

The Wa form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, they also live in Myanmar.


Chinese ethnic groups (classification by PRC government)
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Ethnic groups of China

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Wa (倭) was also an early name in China for Japan. See Wokou and .



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