Indigenous Communities from Burma

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Wa
Indigenous Group	Wa (also known as: Lawa, Va, Hkawa, Kawa, Kala)
Location	Northeast Burma, Highlands in the Shan state.
Estimated Population	400,000 (2004, Jane’s Intelligence Review)
Environment	Hills
Lifestyle	Sedentary
Subsistence	Agriculture
Level of Assimilation	Some assimilated, some very traditional
Language Family	Wa Classification: from the Austro-Asiatic language family. Other names are Vo, K’awa, Kawa, Va, Pwi, Wakut. Dialects: Wa Lon, Wu, Kentung Wa, Son, En, La.
Website URLs	http://www.us.omf.org/... http://www.time.com/... http://www.shanland.org/...
NGOs	Lahu National Development Organization, Human Rights Watch