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 | | The Kirghis of the Asian steppes used Kudai as the name of the high-god; the ancient Persians used Hudai, which suggests an ancient relationship between the two peoples. |
 | | Among other Asian people, more or less within China's sphere of influence, the Pnongs of Indochina use N'du Chiong, obviously a transposition of the Chinese term; the Kamhow dialect, spoken in the Chin Hills of Burma, uses Shiang Tho; and the Chungchi, a non-Chinese tribe living in Kweichou Province, uses Sang Da. |
 | | Probable uses of the term as a common noun include Wati, "king" in Lisu; tuan (which could be a loan word from the Chinese t'ian or the Sumerian tian), "chief in Malay; and du, "chief in the language of the Kachins. |
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