Jingpo people
Jinghpo, Wunpong, Zaizo, Dungzo, 景頗, ဂျိန်းဖော | |
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Jingpo women in traditional dress | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Myanmar | 1,000,000–1,500,000 |
| ∟ Kachin State | 540,763 |
| China | 147,828 |
| United States | 10,000 |
| India | 7,958 |
| Taiwan | 100–200 |
| Languages | |
| Jingpo, Lisu, Zaiwa, Maru, Lashi, Pela, Burmese, and Southwestern Mandarin | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Christianity Minority: Theravāda Buddhism Animism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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| Chinese | 景颇族 | ||||||
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| Burmese | ဂျိန်းဖော | ||||||
The Jingpo people (Burmese: ဂျိန်းဖော; Chinese: 景颇族; pinyin: Jǐngpō zú; siŋphou), also spelt Jinghpaw or Jingphaw, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit northern Burma, northeastern India, and southwestern China. The Jingpo are the largest subgroup of the Kachin peoples. The Jingpo speak the Jingpo language, which is used as a lingua franca among the Kachin peoples and is distantly related to other Kachin languages.