Intha (gastropod)
Intha may refer to: * Intha people, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living in Burma * Intha, Homalin, a village in Homalin Township, Sagaing Region, Burma * ''Intha'' (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin inste ...

Intha People
The Intha (, ; , also spelt Innthar) are members of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living around Inle Lake. There are around 100,000 to 200,000 Intha. Origins The origins of the Intha are disputed; the Intha believe their ancestors arrived from the southern tip of modern-day Myanmar ( Tanintharyi Region). A commonly held theory is that the Intha fled from southern Myanmar during the 14th century; the ruling Shan saophas forbade them from settling on the land, which forced the Intha to instead settle on Inle Lake. To this day, the Intha primarily live in four cities bordering the lake, in numerous small villages along the lake's shores, and on the lake itself. The entire lake area is in Nyaung Shwe township. Language The Intha speak a divergent dialect of Burmese. Colonial observers noted that the Intha spoke a language resembling Burmese, with a Shan accent. Unlike other dialects of Burmese, the Intha language does not exhibit voicing sandhi, similar to the Danu and Taung ...
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Intha, Homalin
Intha is a village in Homalin Township, Hkamti District, in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma. References External linksMaplandia World Gazetteer Populated places in Hkamti District Homalin Township {{Hkamti-geo-stub ...
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Intha (gastropod)
Intha may refer to: * Intha people, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living in Burma * Intha, Homalin, a village in Homalin Township, Sagaing Region, Burma * ''Intha'' (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin inste ...