Chinese Va people

The Va nationality lives mainly in compact communities in the Ximeng , Cangyuan, Menglian , Gengma , Lincang , Shuangjiang , Zhenkang and Yongde counties in southwestern Yunnan Province of China. Their population in China is around 400,000.

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

The Va form one of the officially recognised by the People's Republic of China. They also live in Burma.

See also

* Wa State
* United Wa State Army

Bibliography

*J. G. Scott, ''Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States''. 5 vols. Rangoon, 1900-1901.
*J. G. Scott, ''Burma and beyond''. London, 1932.
*G. E. Harvey, ''Wa Précis''. Rangoon, 1933.
*, ''Scott of the Shan Hills''. London: John Murray, 1936.
*Bertil Lintner, ''Burma in Revolt: opium and insurgency since 1948''. Chiang Mai, 1999.
*, ''The Trouser People: a Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire''. London: Penguin; Washington: Counterpoint, 2002. ISBN 1-58243-120-5.

Fiction

*G. E. Mitton and J. G. Scott, ''In the Grip of the Wild Wa''. London, 1913.