Kokang Chinese
果敢族 / ကိုးကန့်လူမျိုး | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Kokang | |
| Languages | |
| Southwestern Mandarin, Burmese, Standard Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Theravada Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Burmese Chinese, Overseas Chinese, Chin Haw |
The Kokang people (Chinese: 果敢族; pinyin: Guǒgǎn zú; Burmese: ကိုးကန့်လူမျိုး) are Mandarin-speaking Han Chinese native to Kokang in Myanmar. The Kokang people belong to the Sino-Tibetan family and are an officially recognized ethnic group of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.