Wa language is the language used by Wa people, belonging to the Wa branch of Monkhmer language family of South Asian language family. There are more than one million Wa people who speak Wa language in the world (including China, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos). The languages belonging to the same language family as Wa people include Brown and De 'ang people in China. There are Mongolian and Khmer languages abroad. Because of their close residence and close relationship in history, the languages of the Wa people in China and Myanmar are basically the same, but there are differences in dialects and dialects because of different regions. The Wa languages in Thailand and Laos are similar to those in China.
According to the differences in language, grammar and vocabulary, the Wa language can be roughly divided into three dialect areas, namely "Wa" dialect areas in Banhong and Zhenkang, which are deeply influenced by the Dai language and culture. The "Baluoke" dialect area, which is deeply influenced by Chinese language and culture, is mainly distributed in Cangyuan, Gengma, Shuangjiang and Lancang. Located in the center of the same region, Ximeng and Menglian "Wa" dialect areas retain more Wa language and cultural characteristics. Each dialect in the three major dialect areas has dialect differences.
Before liberation, the Wa people had no writing. They count and take notes with woodcut and knotted ropes, and express their feelings with body language. In 1930s, English-American missionary Yong et al. came to the Wa mountainous area where the Wa people lived in concentrated communities and designed the phonetic alphabet of the Wa language. But because this kind of writing is not perfect, it is only used in places where a few Christians believe. After liberation, according to the requirements of the Wa people, the party and the government sent language workers to the Wa mountainous areas to make a detailed investigation, and together with the Wa people, they created a new Wa script based on Latin alphabet, which was gradually popularized and used.
Wa language belongs to the Wa language branch of the Mon-Khmer language family of the South Asian language family. There are three dialects: Brock, Arabic and Wa, and each dialect has its own differences.
Wa language is related to De 'ang language and Brown language, and is closer to Dai language. There are about 10% Dai loanwords in the vocabulary. Before liberation, there were no scripts in Wa except those spelled in Latin letters in some areas. People often use corn kernels, knots, wood carvings and other methods to count and take notes. Because the Wa people have been in contact with the nearby Dai, Lahu and Han nationalities for a long time, some Wa people have learned Dai, Lahu and Chinese.
Before the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), some Wa areas used Wa scripts with Latin letters, but their letters were not perfect. After liberation, the Third Task Force of China Academy of Sciences, together with the Yunnan Provincial Minority Languages Steering Committee, conducted an investigation, analysis and research on the Wa language, and solicited opinions extensively, and formulated the "Wa Writing Scheme" (draft) based on the Latin alphabet, which was approved for trial implementation. 1958 revised draft, continue to promote the publication of popular books. During the ten-year turmoil, the writing trial was interrupted. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the trial resumed and some reading materials such as A Concise Wahan Dictionary were published. The implementation of Wa script provides a scientific recording tool for the development and prosperity of Wa society, economy and culture, and is welcomed by Wa people.
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