Wa, Parauk

Nationality Classification
佤族 Wa
Secondary Nationality
布朗族 Blang
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
佤语巴饶克方言
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Wa, Parauk
ISO 639-3 Code
prk
Language Stock Classification
孟高棉语族 Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer
Primary Province or Region
云南省 Yunnan Province
Location (in China)
Southwest Yunnan Province: Lincang prefecture’s Cangyuan, Shuangjiang Gengma and Yongde counties, in Simao prefecture’s Lancang county and the Mengman district of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous prefecture’s Menghai county
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
266,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
2006