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    question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. The Shan people (Shan: တႆး, pronounced [táj]; Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး, pronounced [ʃáɰ̃ lùmjó])...
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    Shan State (Shan: မိူင်းတႆး, Möng Tai; Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, pronounced [ʃáɰ̃ pjìnɛ̀]) is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the...
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    symbols instead of Burmese script. The Shan language is the native language of the Shan people and is mostly spoken in Shan State, Myanmar. It is also spoken...
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  • form of Shannen/Shannon Shan people, Southeast Asian ethnic group inhabiting Myanmar Shan language Dai people, also known as Shan, ethnic group in China...
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    The Shan State Army – North (Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည်တပ်မတော် - မြောက်ပိုင်း; abbreviated SSA-N), also known as Shan State Army/Special Region 3 (SSA/SR-3) is...
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    The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called muang whose rulers bore the title saopha in British Burma. They were analogous...
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    majority of the Shan people, green represents the rich agricultural land in Shan State, red represents the bravery of the Shan people and the white circle...
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  • The Shan Horse or Shan Myinn is a breed of small mountain horse or pony from the Shan Highland, in Shan State in eastern Myanmar (Burma). It was traditionally...
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    Vivian Huang Shan-shan (Chinese: 黃珊珊; born 18 October 1969) is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer, currently affiliated with the Taiwan People's Party. Huang...
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    trained thousands of local Shan people to join their ranks. Although their initial purpose was to fight for autonomy in Shan State, their battle had extended...
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  • of the Shan people varies across locales. Generally speaking, Shan men wear baggy khaki trousers similar to fisherman pants, and a headwrap. Shan women...
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  • Huang Shan Shan may refer to: Huang Shanshan (黄珊汕; born 1986), Chinese trampoline gymnast Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊; born 1969), Taiwanese politician and lawyer...
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    The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, meaning the "Mountains of God/Heaven", is a large system of mountain ranges in Central Asia...
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    Pain, Frédéric (2008). An Introduction to Thai Ethnonymy: Examples from Shan and Northern Thai. Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 128, No...
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    groups being Dai, Thais, Isan, Tai Yai (Shan),Tai Lai (Shanni), Lao, Tai Ahom, Tai Meitei and Northern Thai peoples. The Tai are scattered through much of...
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    groups. Both schemes treat the Shan people who live in the same or contiguous areas as ethnically distinct. Jingpo people have frequently defied the Western...
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    Khun Sa (category Burmese Shan people)
    Hpeung village, in the Loi Maw ward of Mongyai, Northern Shan State, Burma. Before he assumed the Shan name "Khun Sa" in 1976, he was known primarily by his...
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    Thais, Cambodians, Singaporeans, Malaysians, and Indonesians. Chao Shan people are mainly spread over Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Hainan;...
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    Liu Shan (pronunciation, 207–271), courtesy name Gongsi, was the second and last emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. As he...
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  • Shan Lloyd (née Shan Davies; 1 July 1953 – 13 December 2008) was a British journalist, writer and reporter. She was the fourth wife and widow of actor...
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    Khao soi (category Articles containing Shan-language text)
    (Thai: ข้าวซอย, pronounced [kʰâ(:)w sɔ̄ːj]; Lao: ເຂົ້າຊອຍ [kʰȁ(ː)w sɔ́ːj],Shan: ၶဝ်ႈသွႆး pronounced [kʰaw˧˧˨.sʰɔj˥], Burmese: အုန်းနို့ခေါက်ဆွဲ ,pronounced...
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    are assuaged and her parents bless their marriage. In a tale from the Shan people translated as The Silver Oyster, a king has many wives, but no child...
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    Myanmar conflict (category Civil wars involving the states and peoples of Asia)
    markets, livelihoods, services and medical care. The Shan people are the largest ethnic group in Shan State and the second largest in Myanmar. They were...
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    The Dai people (Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး; Tai Lü: ᨴᩱ/ᨴᩱ᩠ᨿ; Lao: ໄຕ; Thai: ไท; Shan: တႆး, [tai˥˩]; Tai Nuea: ᥖᥭᥰ, [tai˥]; Chinese: 傣族; pinyin: Dǎizú) are...
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    Weijian Shan (Chinese: 單偉建; pinyin: Shàn Wěijiàn; born 1954) is an economist, businessman, and author based in Hong Kong. Shan is the Executive Chairman...
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    The Shan State National Army (Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည် အမျိုးသား တပ်မတော်; abbreviated SSNA) was a Shan nationalist insurgent group that fought against the...
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    Faqir are known as Sayed in Assam. The fifth wave of immigrants were Tai Shan People, who entered Assam under the leadership of Sukaphaa from Hukawng Valley...
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    The Shan Hills (Burmese: ရှမ်းရိုးမ; Shan Yoma), also known as Shan Highland, is a vast mountainous zone that extends through Yunnan to Myanmar and Thailand...
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    (Myanmar) referred to them as Siamese Shan, to distinguish them from the Shan proper, whom they called Burmese Shan. The people of this ethnicity refer to themselves...
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    Nan Su Yati Soe (category Burmese Shan people)
    Soe was born on 18 September 1987 in Yangon, Myanmar. She was an ethnic Shan-Burmese descent. She is the middle daughter of Soe Lin, a businessman and...
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