Intha Son
Intha may refer to: * Intha people, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living in Burma * Intha-Danu language, languages of Shan State, Burma, spoken by the Intha and Danu peoples * 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-Danu Language
Intha and Danu constitute southern Burmish languages of Shan State, Burma, spoken by the Danu and Intha people. They are considered dialects of Burmese by the Government of Myanmar. Danu is spoken by the Danu people, Intha by the Intha, a group of Bamar descendants who migrated to Inle Lake in Shan State. Both are spoken by about 100,000. Both are characterized by a retention of the medial (for the following consonant clusters in Intha: ). Examples include: *"full": Standard Burmese () → (), from old Burmese *"ground": Standard Burmese () → (), from old Burmese There is no voicing with the presence of either aspirated or unaspirated consonants. For instance, (Buddha) is pronounced in standard Burmese, but in Intha. This is probably due to influence from the Shan language The Shan language (written Shan: , , spoken Shan: , or , ; my, ရှမ်းဘာသာ, ; th, ภาษาไทใหญ่, ) is the native language of the Shan people and is m ...
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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 ...