Achan people (Achang people) - Achan people (English spelling) Ā chāng zú

Japanese: アチャン族(阿昌族) - アチャンぞく（英語表記）Ā chāng zú

An ethnic minority living in the mountains near China's border with Myanmar. Population: 27,800 (1990). They are found in Longchuan and Lianghe counties in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family of Sino-Tibetan languages, and they have both Lianghe and Luza dialects. Having lived in close contact with the Han and Dai for a long time, the Achang are generally fluent in both Chinese and Thai, and also use classical Chinese. They have particularly close contact with the Dai people living on the plains in their daily lives. They lived in the Jinsha, Lancang, and Nujiang river basins in northwest Yunnan from an early time, and gradually migrated southward, settling in the mountainous areas and mountainous regions of the present-day Longchuan and Lianghe regions by the 13th century.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国のミャンマー国境に近い山地に居住する少数民族。人口約2万7800(1990)。雲南省徳宏タイ族チンポー(景頗)族自治州の隴川（ろうせん），梁河県などに分布する。言語はシナ･チベット語系チベット･ビルマ語族に属し，梁河と盧撒の両方言がある。長い間，漢族やタイ族と接して居住してきたため，アチャン族は一般に漢語，タイ語に通暁し，漢文も使用する。とくに平地のタイ族との日常生活での交流はいちじるしい。早くから雲南北西の金沙江，瀾滄江，怒江流域に居住し，漸次南下移動を行い，13世紀には現在の隴川，梁河地方の山間部や山岳地帯に定住していた。

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