Shan

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See also shan

English

Noun

Shan (plural Shans)

1. A people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people.
2. The language of this people, in the Tai-Kadai language family.
3. A state in Thailand.

Translations

the people

• Burmese: ရ္ဟမ္‌းလူမ္ယုိး (ʃán lùmjóʊ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撣 (cmn), 掸 (cmn)

• Finnish: shanit (fi) pl, shan-kansa (fi)

• Lao: ໄທໃຫຍ່ (thai nyāi) ແງ້ວ (ngaew)
• Thai: ไทใหญ่ (thai yài), ชาวไทใหญ่ (chaaw thai yài), ไต๊โหลง (tái lŏng), ฉาน (chǎǎn), เงี้ยว (ngíáw)

the language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撣語 (cmn), 掸语 (cmn)

• Finnish: shan (fi)

• Lao: ພາສາໄທໃຫຍ່ (phaasaa thai nyāi)
• Thai: ภาษาไทใหญ่ (phaasǎǎ thai yài)

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Shan, shn

Anagrams

• Hans, HANS
• Nash