Jingpo people

Jingpo people
Jingpo people
Chinese	景颇族
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jǐngpō zú
Burmese name
Burmese	ဂျိန်းဖော}

Jingpo people
Jinghpo, Wunpong, Zaizo, Dungzo, 景頗, ကချင်
	Kachin traditional dress
Regions with significant populations
Myanmar	1–1.5 million
∟ Kachin State	540,763
China	147,828
India	7,958
Taiwan	100–200
Languages
	Jingpo, Lisu, Zaiwa, Maru, Lashi, Pela, Burmese, and Southwestern Mandarin
Religion
	Animism, Theravāda Buddhism, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
	Other Southwest China ethnicities; (Bamar, Kachin, Yi, Lisu, Qiang);

The Jingpo people^[a] (Burmese: ဂျိန်းဖော; Chinese: 景颇族; pinyin: Jǐngpō zú; siŋphou) are an ethnic group who are the largest subgroup of the Kachin peoples. The greater name for all the Kachin peoples in their own Jingpo language is the Jinghpaw. Other endonyms include Zaiwa, Lechi, Lisu, Maru, Hkahku etc.^[4]^[b]

The Kachin people are an ethnic affinity of several tribal groups, known for their fierce independence, disciplined fighting skills, complex clan inter-relations, craftsmanship, herbal healing and jungle survival skills. Other neighbouring residents of Kachin State include the Shans (Thai/Lao related), the Lisus, the Rawangs, and the Bamar, the latter forming the largest ethnic group in Burma. In China, the Jingpo form one of the 55 ethnic minorities, where they numbered 147,828 people in the 2010 census.

^ (Kachin National Organisation) Archived 8 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Myanmar Gov't Archived 18 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^ china.org.cn – The Jingpo Ethnic Group
^ ^a ^b Leach, E. R. (2004) [1959]. "The Categories Shan and Kachin and their Subdivisions". Political Systems of Highland Burma: A Study of Kachin Social Structure (2004 ed.). Oxford, UK: Berg. p. 41. ISBN 9781845202774. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

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[1] (Kachin National Organisation) Archived 8 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Myanmar Gov't Archived 18 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine

[china.org.cn-3] .org.cn – The Jingpo Ethnic Group

[pol-4] Leach, E. R. (2004) [1959]. "The Categories Shan and Kachin and their Subdivisions". Political Systems of Highland Burma: A Study of Kachin Social Structure (2004 ed.). Oxford, UK: Berg. p. 41. ISBN 9781845202774. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

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