Taungyo
တောင်ရိုး | |
|---|---|
 Taungyo girls (c. 1922) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Pindaya,Shan State,Burma | |
| Languages | |
| Taungyo dialectofBurmese | |
| Religion | |
| Theravada Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bamar,Arakanese,Intha,Danu |
TheTaungyo(Burmese:တောင်ရိုး လူမျိုးTauñyoù lumyoù) are a sub-ethnic groupof theBamar peopleliving primarily inShan Stateand centered onPindaya.[1]
Language[edit]
They speak Taungyo (တောင်ရိုးစကား Tauñyoùs̱áḵà), aTavoyan dialectof theBurmese language.[2]Taungyo has 89% lexical similarity with standard Burmese, and is also closely related toDanu, InthaandRakhine.[3]
A sample of Taungyo dialect vocabulary include the following:[2]
- red -anak (အနီ)
- high -amrang(အမြင့်)
- eye -myak-sai(မျက်စေ့)
- light -lang(လင်း)
References[edit]
- ^Reid, Robert; Michael Grosberg (2005).Myanmar (Burma).Lonely Planet. p. 179.ISBN9781740596954.
- ^abCensus of India, 1901 - Burma.Vol. XII. Burma: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. 1902. pp. 20, 126.
- ^"Myanmar".Ethnologue: Languages of the World.2016. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-10-10.
