Padaung language

For the unrelated "Kayan" dialect cluster spoken by the Kayan people of Borneo, see Kayan language (Borneo).

Padaung
Kayan
Native to	Burma
Ethnicity	Kayan people
Native speakers	130,000 (2005)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Karen languages Sgaw–Bghai Bghai Padaung
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`pdu`
Glottolog	`kaya1315`^[2]

Padaung or Padaung Karen, also known as Kayan, is a Karen language of Burma, spoken by the Kayan people.

Distribution

Pekon, southern Shan State
northwestern Kayah State
Thandaung township, Kayin State
Pyinmana township, Mandalay Region

Kayan Lahwi dialect: Lahwi and northwest Dimawso, Kayah State; southern Pekon, southern Shan State
Kayan Kangan dialect: Dimawso area, northwestern Kayah State

Dialects

Standard Pekon (prestige dialect)
Kayan Lahwi
Kayan Kangan (Yeinbaw, Yinbaw)

References

↑ Padaung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kayan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Myanmar

Official language

Burmese

Indigenous languages
(by state or region)

Chin	Anu-Hkongso Asho Bawm Bualkhaw Chinbon Daai Falam Haka Kaang Khumi Lautu Long Phuri Mara Matu Mizo Müün Ngawn Rawngtu Senthang Siyin Songlai Sumtu Tawr Tedim Thado Thaiphum Zo Zotung Zyphe

Kachin	Achang Anong Drung Hpon Jingpho Khamti Lashi Lhao Vo Lisu Nusu Rawang Rumai Tai Laing Zaiwa

Kayah	Kayaw Manumanaw Yintale

Kayin	Bwe Geba Geko Mobwa Paku Eastern Pwo Western Pwo S’gaw

Magway	Rungtu

Mon	Mon

Rakhine	Chak Chakma Laitu Mro-Khimi Mru Rakhine Rohingya

Sagaing	Akyaung Ari Anal Kadu Kanan Khiamniungan Koki Konyak Kyan-Karyaw Lao Leinong Makuri Makyan Para Ponyo-Gongwang Tangkhul Tase Taman

Shan	Akeu Akha Blang Danau Danu Hmong Njua Intha Kayan Khün Lahta Lahu Lahu Shi Lü Pa’o Pyen Riang Shwe Samtao Shan Tai Loi Tai Nüa Taungyo Wa Yinbaw Yinchia Zayein

Tanintharyi	Moken S’gaw Tavoyan

Sign languages

Burmese sign language

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