question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. The Shan people (Shan: တႆး, pronounced [táj]; Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး, pronounced [ʃáɰ̃ lùmjó])...

Shan State (Shan: မိူင်းတႆး, Möng Tai; Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, pronounced [ʃáɰ̃ pjìnɛ̀]) is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the...

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...

The Shan State Army (Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည်တပ်မတော် - မြောက်ပိုင်း; abbreviated SSA or SSPP/SSA), also known as Shan State Army – North (SSA-N) or Shan State...

form of Shannen/Shannon Shan people, Southeast Asian ethnic group inhabiting Myanmar Shan language Dai people, also known as Shan, ethnic group in China...

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...

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...

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...

ceremony. In a tale collected by anthropologist Mrs. Leslie Milne from the Shan people with the title The Story of a Fairy and a Prince, a king has seven sons...

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...

of the Shan people varies across locales. Generally speaking, Shan men wear baggy khaki trousers similar to fisherman pants, and a headwrap. Shan women...

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...

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...

Pain, Frédéric (2008). An Introduction to Thai Ethnonymy: Examples from Shan and Northern Thai. Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 128, No...

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...

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...

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...

The Shan alphabet is a Brahmic abugida, used for writing the Shan language, which was derived from the Burmese alphabet. Due to its recent reforms, the...

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...

Thais, Cambodians, Singaporeans, Malaysians, and Indonesians. Chao Shan people are mainly spread over Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Hainan;...

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...

Shan Lloyd (née Shan Davies; 1 July 1953 – 13 December 2008) was a British journalist, writer and reporter. She was the fifth wife and widow of actor Hugh...

(Thai: ข้าวซอย, pronounced [kʰâ(:)w sɔ̄ːj]; Lao: ເຂົ້າຊອຍ [kʰȁ(ː)w sɔ́ːj],Shan: ၶဝ်ႈသွႆး pronounced [kʰaw˧˧˨.sʰɔj˥], Burmese: အုန်းနို့ခေါက်ဆွဲ ,pronounced...

The Tian Shan (Chinese: 天山), also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, meaning the "Mountains of God/Heaven", is a large system of mountain ranges in...

The Tai Khamti (Khamti: တဲး ၵံးတီႈ), also known as the Hkamti Shan (Burmese: ခန္တီးရှမ်းလူမျိုး; Chinese: 康迪人) or simply as Khamti, are a Tai ethnic group...

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...

the Shan family was a branch of the royal family of the Zhou dynasty. Its ancient origin determines its rareness and not many people have the Shan surname...

Leng. The town's name is derived from the Shan words "Loi", meaning mountain; "Tai", meaning the Shan people; and "Leng", meaning light. The town's entire...

The Shan State National Army (Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည် အမျိုးသား တပ်မတော်; abbreviated SSNA) was a Shan nationalist insurgent group that fought against the...

(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...