The Taungyo ( my, တောင်ရိုး လူမျိုး ''Tauñyoù lumyoù'') are a sub-
ethnic group
An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...
of the
Bamar people
The Bamar (, ; also known as the Burmans) are a Sino-Tibetan languages, Sino-Tibetan ethnic group native to Myanmar (formerly Burma) in Southeast Asia. With approximately 35 million people, the Bamar make up the largest ethnic group in Myanmar ...
living primarily in
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...
and centered on
Pindaya
Pindaya ( my, ပင်းတယမြို့ ''Pìñṯáyá myoú'') is a town in the Shan State of Burma. It is located in the west of the state in Pindaya Township in Taunggyi District. Mainly famous for its limestone caves called Pindaya Ca ...
.
Language
They speak Taung-yo (တောင်ရိုးစကား Tauñyoùs̱áḵà), a
Tavoyan dialect
The Tavoyan or Dawei dialect of Burmese () is spoken in Dawei (Tavoy), in the coastal Tanintharyi Region of southern Myanmar (Burma).
Tavoyan retains medial that has since merged into the medial in standard Burmese and can form the following ...
of the
Burmese language
Burmese ( my, မြန်မာဘာသာ, MLCTS: ''mranmabhasa'', IPA: ) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma), where it is an official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Burmans, the count ...
.
A sample of Taungyo dialect vocabulary include the following:
*red - ''anak (အနီ)''
*high - ''amrang'' ()
*eye - ''myak-sai'' ()
*light - ''lang'' ()
References
{{Ethnic groups in Burma
Ethnic groups in Myanmar
Bamar people