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Khamti Script
Hkamti, Khampti or Khamti may refer to: * Khamti people, a sub-group of the Shan people * Khamti language, a Tai language of Burma and India * Hkamti District, a district in Sagaing Division of Burma ** Hkamti Township, a township in Hkamti District ** Hkamti, Myanmar, a town in Hkamti Township * Singaling Hkamti, one of the outlying Shan states * Hkamti Long, one of the outlying Shan states See also * Hkamkawn, a town in the Kachin State of Burma * Khamtai Siphandon, a former president of Laos {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Khamti People
The Tai Khamti ( Khamti: ), also known as the Hkamti Shan (; ; ), or simply as Khamti, are a Tai ethnic group of India, China and Myanmar. The Tai-Khamti are followers of Theravada Buddhism. The Tai-Khamti have their own script for their language, known as 'Lik Tai', which originated from the Shan (Tai) script of Myanmar. Their mother tongue is known as Khamti language. It is a Tai language, closely related to Thai and Lao. According to 2001 census of India, the Tai Khamtis have a population of 12,890. In Myanmar their total population is estimated at 200,000 people. The Tai Khamtis who inhabit the region around the Tengapani basin of Arunachal Pradesh were descendants of migrants who came during the eighteenth century from the Shan region of Hkamti Long, in the western source of the Irrawaddy River Valley. Distribution They are located in Hkamti Long, Mogaung and Myitkyina regions of Kachin State as well as Hkamti District of Sagaing Division of Myanmar. In India, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Khamti Language
The Khamti language is a Southwestern Tai language spoken in Myanmar and India by the Khamti people. It is closely related to, and sometimes considered a dialect of, Shan. Name ''Khamti'' has been variously rendered ''Hkamti'', ''Khampti'', ''Kam Ti'', ''Kamti'', ''Tai Kam Ti'', ''Tai-Khamti'', ''Khamti Shan'', ''Khampti Shan'', ''Khandi Shan'', ''Hkampti Shan'', and ''Khampti Sam'' (). The name ''Khamti'' means 'place of gold'. Demographics In Burma, Khamti is spoken by 3,500 near Myitkyina and by 4,500 in Putao District, Kachin State (both reported in 2000). In India, it is spoken by 5,000 in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, in the Dikrong Valley, Narayanpur, and north bank of the Brahmaputra (reported in 2007). Three dialects of Khamti are known: North Burma Khamti, Assam Khamti, and Sinkaling Khamti. All speakers of Khamti are bilingual, largely in Assamese and Burmese. Possibly, there are also some Khamti in some parts of China (5,000 people). History The languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Hkamti District
Hkamti District or Khamti District (sometimes formerly Naga Hills District) is a district in northern Sagaing Region of Myanmar (Burma). Its administrative center is the town of Hkamti. Townships The District only contains one township - Hkamti Township. Prior to 2022, the district also included Homalin Township, which was promoted to its own district in April 2022 by the Ministry of Home Affairs An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the i ... Prior to 2010, it additionally controlled Lahe, Lay Shi (Lashe), and Nanyun townships, which were transferred under the 2008 Constitution (in BurmeseConstitution PDF to the Naga population. Borders Hkamti District is bordered [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Hkamti Township
Hkamti Township ( ) is the only township of Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) The principal town is Hkamti. As of 2014 the township had a population of 47,658 people and covered an area of . The township is dominated by the and its tributaries as well as thickly forested areas. Nearly half the active working population are employed in agriculture, forestry or fishing. The township is a producer of rice and has gold and jad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Hkamti, Myanmar
Khamti, Hkamti, Singkawng, Kanti The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, p. 3, from of 25 September 2007 or Kantee"Map of Sagaing Division" ''Myanmar's NET'', accessed 8 October 2009 is a town in |
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Singaling Hkamti
Singkaling Hkamti (; ; also known as Zingalein Kamti and Zingkaling Hkamti) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It was an outlying territory, away from the main Shan State area. The state was located on both sides of the Chindwin River, in what is present-day Hkamti District, Sagaing Region. Its capital was the town of Singkaling Hkamti. History Singkaling Hkamti was founded in 1820. It was a tributary state of the King of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. Its inhabitants were mostly Shan people who were said to have come from Hkamti Long. Before the time of rule by the British the state was often raided by the Kachin people. The state was integrated into Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Hkamti Long , a town in Hkamti Township
* Singaling Hkamti, one of the outlying Shan states
* Hkamti Long, one of the outlying Shan states
Hkamti, Khampti or Khamti may refer to: * Khamti people, a sub-group of the Shan people * Khamti language, a Tai language of Burma and India * Hkamti District, a district in Sagaing Division of Burma ** Hkamti Township, a township in Hkamti District **Hkamti, Myanmar Khamti, Hkamti, Singkawng, Kanti See also * Hkamkawn, a town in the Kachin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Hkamkawn
Hkamkawn is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ....Maplandia world gazetteer References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Kachin State Chipwi Township {{Kachin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Khamtai Siphandon
Khamtai Siphandone (; 8 February 1924 – 2 April 2025) was a Laotian politician who served as the chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1992 to 2006 and as the fourth president of LaosDoeden, Matt (2007) ''Laos in Pictures'', Lerner Publishing Group, , p. 71 from 1998 to 2006, when he was replaced by Choummaly Sayasone. He joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1954 and became a member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party in 1956. Early life Siphandone was born on 8 February 1924 in the village of Huakhongphayai in Khong district to Ny Nilaxay and Saybua Nilaxay, and was among six siblings. He came from a peasant family from the far south of Laos in present-day Champasak province. In 1931, at the age of seven, he was among several children selected by an officer of the department of religious affairs in Vientiane to study in the city, thus beginning his primary education. He later attended the College PAVIE for his secondary educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |