The
Wa nationality (佤族), or the
Va in the Wa language, lives mainly in compact communities in the
Ximeng[?],
Cangyuan[?],
Menglian[?],
Gengma[?],
Lancang[?],
Shuangjiang[?],
Zhenkang[?] and
Yongde[?] counties in southwestern
Yunnan Province of
China. Its population is 0.351 million.
The Wa people's spoken language belongs to Mon-Khmer[?] of the Austroasiatic[?] family. A written language was created for the Wa people in 1957.
See also: List of Chinese ethnic groups
Wa (和 meaning "harmony") is a Japanese value to respect consensus over competition.
See also: Japanese culture, Japanese language