The Para people, also known as the Para Naga, are a

Tibeto-Burmese The Tibeto-Burman languages are the non- Sinitic members of the Sino-Tibetan language family, over 400 of which are spoken throughout the Southeast Asian Massif ("Zomia") as well as parts of East Asia and South Asia. Around 60 million people speak ...

ethnic group An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people with shared attributes, which they collectively believe to have, and long-term endogamy. Ethnicities share attributes like language, culture, common sets of ancestry, traditions, society, re ...

inhabiting mostly in the

Naga Self-Administered Zone The Naga Self-Administered Zone ( ), is a self-administered zone in the Naga Hills area of Sagaing Region of Myanmar. Its administrative seat is the town of Lahe. History The Naga Self-Administered Zone was created under the terms of the 2 ...

Myanmar 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 has ...

. They are one of the major Naga peoples of Myanmar and mostly inhabit the area around

Lay Shi Township Leshi Township or Layshi Township () is a mountainous

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Naga people Ethnic groups in Myanmar {{Ethno-group-stub