Taungyo

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Not to be confused with Taungoo.
Taungyo
တောင်ရိုး
TAUNGYO GIRLS FROM THE OPEN COUNTRY BURMA.jpg
Taungyo girls (c. 1922)
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[]

  1. ^ Reid, Robert; Michael Grosberg (2005). Myanmar (Burma). Lonely Planet. p. 179. ISBN 9781740596954.
  2. ^ a b Census of India, 1901 - Burma. Vol. XII. Burma: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. 1902. pp. 20, 126.
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