Harshen Wa

Wa (Va) harshe ne na Austroasiatic da mutanen Wa na Myanmar da China ke magana. Akwai nau'ikan daban daban, wani lokacin suna ɗaukar harsuna daban daban; Sunan su a cikin Ethnologue shine Parauk, mafi rinjaye kuma daidaitaccen tsari; Vo (Zhenkang Wa, masu magana 40,000) da Awa (masu magana 100,000), kodayake ana iya kiran su Wa, Awa, Va, Vo. David Bradley (1994) ya kiyasta cewa akwai jimillar masu magana da Wa 820,000.

Rarraba da bambance-bambancen karatu

Gerard Diffloth yana nufin yankin Wa na yanki a matsayin "Wa corridor", wanda ke tsakanin kogin Salween da Mekong. A cewar Diffloth, bambance-bambancen sun haɗa da South Wa, "Bible Wa" da Kawa (Sin Wa).

Kirista Wa sun fi dacewa su goyi bayan amfani da Standard Wa, tunda Littafi Mai-Tsarki nasu ya dogara ne akan daidaitaccen sigar Wa, wanda kuma ya dogara ne akan bambance-bambancen da ake magana a Bang Wai, mil 150 daga arewacin Kengtung (Watkins 2002). Bang Wai yana arewacin jihar Shan ta Burma, kusa da iyakar kasar Sin inda gundumar Cangyuan take.

Wasu yaruka na Wa suna kiyaye ƙarshen -/s/. Sun haɗa da bambance-bambancen da ake magana a Meung Yang da gundumar Ximeng (kamar iri-iri da ake magana a cikin Zhongke 中课, Masan 马散, gundumar Ximeng wadda Zhou & Yan ta rubuta (1984)) (Watkins 2002:8).