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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Asho<br />
| native_name = {{my|အရှိုချင်း}}<br />
| native_name_lang = my<br />
| population = 250,000<br />
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| regions = [[Rakhine State]], [[Magway Region]], [[Bago, Myanmar|Pegu]], [[Ayeyarwady Region|Irrawaddy]], [[Burma]]<br />
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| languages = [[Asho Chin language]]<br />
| religions = [[Theravada Buddhism]], [[Christianity]], [[Animism]]<br />
| related_groups = [[Chin people]]<br />
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'''Asho people''' ({{lang-my|အရှိုချင်း}}), one of the tribes of the [[Chin people]], are native to [[Rakhine State|Arakan]], [[Magway Region|Magwe Region]], [[Bago Region|Pegu Region]], [[Ayeyarwady Region|Irrawaddy Region]] and some in [[Yangon Region]]. They are much influenced by the Burmese in their daily life. They are well educated and having high profile jobs in the [[Government of Myanmar|Myanmar government]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}<br />
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==Demography==<br />
The native speakers of [[Asho language]] are around 10,000.<ref>Khup Za Go, Rev.: A Critical Historical Study of Bible Translation among the Zo people in Northeast India. Imphal. BCPW Press. 1996. p.80-81.</ref> The total population of the Asho people are around 400,000.<ref>Mindat Bonein: History of Chin Hills. Rangoon. Sapay Beihman. 1976. p. 11.</ref> In ancient Burmese scriptures, they are called ''Khyeng''. They are also known as ''Plain Chin'', as they are living in the plains of Myanmar. Unlike other Chin clans, their main problem is communications among themselves due to distances between their villages, not the differences in their dialects.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}<br />
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== Religion ==<br />
Unlike other Chin clans, many of them are Buddhist. The [[Christian missionaries]] also used [[Burmese script]] for writing Asho language.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} Rev. G. Whitehead of Anglican Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, introduced the [[Latin script]] for writing and published [[Gospel of Mark]] in 1921. A Bible Society from Rangoon published [[New Testament]] in 1954 in Burmese script.<ref>ဆမၩကျ့ၩထၩ(Hsama kyá hta) = The New Testament in Asho Southern Chin. British and Foreign Bible Society Burma Agency, 1954.</ref><br />
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{{Kuki-Chin-Mizo tribes}}<br />
{{Ethnic groups in Burma}}<br />
[[Category:Mizo clans]]</div>>George Lynn