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Yaw dialect

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Native to
  
Burma

Ethnicity
  
Intha

Glottolog
  
yaww1238

Region
  
Magway Division

Native speakers
  
20,000 (1997)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan(Tibeto-Burman)Lolo–BurmeseBurmishSouthernBurmeseYaw

The Yaw dialect of Burmese is spoken by 20,000 people near the Chin Hills in Magway Division, particularly in Gangaw District, which comprises Saw, Htilin, and Gangaw. The Yaw dialect is very similar to standard Burmese except for the following rhyme changes:

References

Yaw dialect Wikipedia


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