Taungyo
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| တောင်ရိုး | |
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Taungyo girls (c. 1922)
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Pindaya, Shan State, Burma | |
| Languages | |
| Taungyo dialect of the Burmese language | |
| Religion | |
| Theravada Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bamar, Arakanese, Intha, Danu |
The Taungyo (Burmese: တောင်ရိုး လူမျိုး) are a sub-ethnic group of the Bamar people living primarily in Shan State and centered on Pindaya.[1]
Language
They speak a dialect of the Burmese language similar to Arakanese.[2]
A sample of Taungyo dialect vocabulary include the following:[2]
- red - anak
- high - amrang (အမြင့်)
- eye - myak-sai (မျက်စေ့)
- light - lang (လင်း)
