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Yaw people

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Yaw
ယော
Total population
200,000
Regions with significant populations
Gangaw District,Magway Division,Burma
Languages
Yaw dialectof theBurmese language
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Bamar,Arakanese,Intha,Danu,Taungyo

TheYaw people(Burmese:ယောလူမျိုး) live inGangaw District,BurmaandPakokku Districtnumber about 200,000 people.[1]They speak theYaw dialectof theBurmese language.[1]

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  1. ^abLewis, M. Paul (ed.) (2009)."Ethnologue report for language code: mya".Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition.SIL International.Retrieved7 February2011.{{cite news}}:|author=has generic name (help)

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