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Jinghpo, Wunpong, Zaizo, Dungzo, 景頗, ကချင် | |
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 Flag of Jingpho ethnic group | |
 Kachin traditional dress | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Myanmar | 1,000,000–1,500,000[1] |
∟ Kachin State | 540,763[2] |
 China | 147,828 |
 India | 7,958 |
 Taiwan | 100–200 |
| Languages | |
| Jingpo, Lisu, Zaiwa, Maru, Lashi, Pela, Burmese, and Southwestern Mandarin | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Christianity[3] Minority: Theravāda Buddhism[4] Animism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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| Jingpo people | |||||||
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| Chinese | 景颇族 | ||||||
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| Burmese name | |||||||
| Burmese | ဂျိန်းဖော | ||||||
The Jingpo people[a] (Burmese: ဂျိန်းဖော; Chinese: 景颇族; pinyin: Jǐngpō zú; siŋphou) are a Southeast Asian 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.[5][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 Nagas, 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
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- ^ 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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