Akha

...That is, the Hani people distributed in the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, the Biyue people and the Honi people in the Simao area centered on Mojiang, and the Aini people in the Xishuangbanna area. The group that moved south to Southeast Asia is known as the Akha people. Historically, it is thought that their lineage can be traced back to the Heyi people of the 3rd century and the Heban people, a group of Uban people that appeared in the Tang and Song dynasties, but during the Dali Kingdom (937-1254), the Heban people, who were powerful in the area, rose to power in the Honghe region as one of the seven tribes of the 37 Uban barbarians, and the Yinyuan tribe was the strongest and called itself the Luoban Kingdom.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…すなわち，紅河ハニ族イ族自治州に分布する〈ハニ〉系，墨江を中心とする思茅地区の〈ピヨ(碧約)〉系，〈ホニ(豪尼)〉系，シーサンパンナ(西双版納)地区の〈アイニー(僾尼)〉系である。なお東南アジアに南下した一派はアカAkha族として知られている。歴史的には3世紀の〈和夷〉や唐･宋時代に現れた烏蛮の一派〈和蛮〉にその系譜をたどりうると思われるが，大理国(937‐1254)の時代，その地で勢力のあった和蛮は烏蛮三十七蛮部の7部族として紅河地域に台頭し，なかでも因遠部は最強でみずから〈羅槃国〉と称した。…

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