Shan

Appendix:Variations of "shan" English shn Pronunciation en /ʃɑn/ /ʃæn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shan.wav Southern England Etymology 1 right|thumb|Several Shan people participate in a deer ceremony. From en my ရှမ်း, from en th สยาม. en Siam. Noun s * A member of a people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people. en 1956 Theodore Shabad China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of The Chinese People's Republic https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000shab/ w:Frederick A. Praeger 55-11530 633834569 42 https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000shab/page/42/ The Thai proper are related to the Shans of Burma, the Siamese of Thailand and the Lao of Indochina. The Chinese segment of the Thai ethnic group is settled in Yünnan Province, where it numbers 580,000. It constitutes the Hsi-shuang-pan-na Autonomous Chou in the southern part of the province and shares the Tehung Autonomous Chou in the west with the Chingpo (Kachin). The Thai of the Hsi-shuang-pan-na Chou speak the Lü dialect, those of the Tehung Chou are more closely related to the Shans of northern Burma. en 1968 SHAN w:Encyclopedia Britannica https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabrita17chic/ 20 68-10064 1036882 344 https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabrita20chic/page/344/ 2 Although holding mainly high upland territory in Burma, the Shan themselves live only in the valleys and in stretches of plain. The surrounding hill country is occupied by relatively primitive hill peoples living in economic symbiosis with the Shan, but there is no clear genetic distinction between the Shan and their neighbours. With minor exceptions modern Shan communities are Buddhist. Most Shan are cultivators of rice; they have a characteristic species of feudal political structure. Shan culture probably diffused southward and westward from west-central China from Han times (c. 200 B.C.) onward. Translations Note: These are translations for the plural. Shan people Burmese: my ရှမ်းလူမျိုး Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 撣 Finnish: fi shanit p, fi shan-kansa French: fr Shans p Jingpho: kac Karen: Pa'o Karen: blk ဖြဝ်ꩻ Lao: lo ໄທໃຫຍ່ thai hainy, lo ແງ້ວ aengua, lo ງ້ຽວ ngiav Lü: khb ᦺᦑᦇᦲᧁᧉ, khb ᦇᦲᧁᧉ Marathi: mr शान Mon: mnw သေံ Shan: shn တႆး Thai: th ไทใหญ่, th ชาวไทใหญ่ chaaw thai yài, th ไต๊โหลง tái lŏng, th ฉาน, th เงี้ยว Proper noun The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family. en state c/Myanmar. Translations Shan language Burmese: my ရှမ်းဘာသာ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 撣語 Finnish: fi shan French: fr shan m Lao: lo ພາສາໄທໃຫຍ່, lo ພາສາໄທເໜືອ Lü: khb ᦅᧄᦇᦲᧁᧉ Marathi: mr शान f Mon: mnw Polish: pl szański m Portuguese: pt xã m Shan: shn လိၵ်ႈတႆး, shn ၵႂၢမ်းတႆး Thai: th ภาษาไทใหญ่ phaasǎǎ thai yài, th ภาษาเงี้ยว phasa ngiaw vulgar Northern Thai: nod กำไต kam tai, nod กำเงี้ยว kam ngiao vulgar Adjective - Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language. Derived terms en Shan State Further reading shn shn Etymology 2 From the pinyin romanization of en cmn - 陝. Pronunciation shän Proper noun The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain. Anagrams en ahns NASH nash Hans HANS Nash HNAs HSAN en Places in China Places in Henan, China en Demonyms Ethnonyms Languages