Taungyo
တောင်ရိုး | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Pindaya, Shan State, Burma | |
Languages | |
Taungyo dialect of Burmese | |
Religion | |
Theravada Buddhism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bamar, Arakanese, Intha, Danu |
The Taungyo (Burmese: တောင်ရိုး လူမျိုး Tauñyoù lumyoù) are a sub-ethnic group of the Bamar people living primarily in Shan State and centered on Pindaya.[1]
Language[]
They speak Taung-yo (တောင်ရိုးစကား Tauñyoùs̱áḵà), a Tavoyan dialect of the Burmese language.[2]
A sample of Taungyo dialect vocabulary include the following:[2]
- red - anak (အနီ)
- high - amrang (အမြင့်)
- eye - myak-sai (မျက်စေ့)
- light - lang (လင်း)
References[]
Categories:
- Ethnic groups in Myanmar
- Bamar people