Asho Chin people
tribe of Chin-Mizo people
The Asho people (Burmese: အရှိုချင်း) are one of the tribes of the Chin peoples. Also known as the Plains Chin (မြေပြန့်ချင်း), the Asho Chin live in the lowland plains of southwestern Myanmar spanning the lower Irrawaddy River basin and the southern parts of the Arakan Mountains, unlike other Chin peoples, who occupy the country's highlands. The total population of the Asho people is around 400,000.
History
The Asho believe their ancestors first settled the areas west of the confluence of the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin Rivers. During the Pagan kingdom, they moved eastward, intermingling wih Burmese speakers, and living in close proximity with the Khami for two centuries before separating into two subgroups. The Asho were the first Chin peoples that Burmese speakers made contact with; their word for person "khlaung" was broadly adopted as the Burmese exonym for the Chin peoples. Their ethnonym is Asho.
Language
Asho language is spoken by approximately 174,000 speakers (2022), with at least two dialects - the Hill dialect spoken in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and the Plains dialect, spoken in the south. The Plains dialect has undergone significant phonological, lexical, and grammatical influence from Burmese due to extensive language contact.
The Asho are bilingual in Burmese.
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