Akha |
Arakanese |
Chin |
Danau |
Kachin |
Karen |
Karenni |
Kokang |
Kuki |
Mon |
Nagas |
Rohingya |
Shan |
Tavoyan |
Wa |
| Akha |
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| Indigenous Group |
Akha |
| Location |
Burma, Shan State in the
eastern mountains |
| Estimated Population |
150,000 (1996, the Akha Society for Culture and Art, Kinting) |
| Environment |
Mountains |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary (The Akha are originally from Mongolia and Tibet, but moved to Burma due to political
conditions.) |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture |
| Level of Assimilation |
Some assimilated, some very
traditional |
| Language Family |
Akha
Classification: Sino-Tibetan language family (Lolo branch).
Dialects: Ako and Asong |
| Website URLs |
http://www.akha.org
http://www.akha.com
http://www.hani-akha.org |
| NGOs |
The Akha Heritage Foundation, The South-East Asian Mountain Minority Peoples Culture and Development. |
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