The Taungyo ( Tauñyoù lumyoù) are a sub-ethnic group of the Bamar people living primarily in Shan State and centered on Pindaya.
Language They speak Taungyo (တောင်ရိုးစကား Tauñyoùs̱áḵà), a Tavoyan dialect of the Burmese language. Taungyo has 89% lexical similarity with standard Burmese, and is also closely related to Danu, Intha and Rakhine.
A sample of Taungyo dialect vocabulary include the following: red - anak (အနီ) high - amrang () eye - myak-sai () light - lang ()
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