Wa language
Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa people of Myanmar and China. There are three distinct varieties, sometimes considered separate languages; their names in Ethnologue are Parauk, the majority and standard form; Vo (Zhenkang Wa, 40,000 speakers) and Awa (100,000 speakers), though all may be called Wa, Awa, Va, Vo. David Bradley (1994) estimates there are total of 820,000 Wa speakers.
| Wa | |
|---|---|
| Va, Vo, Awa | |
| Region | China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand |
| Ethnicity | Wa |
Native speakers | 900,000 (2000–2008) |
| Latin script Formerly: Chinese characters, Shan script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:prk – Paraukwbm – Vovwa – Awa |
| Glottolog | waaa1245 |
| ELP | Wa |
| Phalok | |
Wa is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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