တောင်ရိုး | |
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![]() Taungyo girls (c. 1922)
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Regions with significant populations | |
Pindaya, Shan State, Burma | |
Languages | |
Taungyo dialect of the Burmese language | |
Religion | |
Theravada Buddhism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bamar, Arakanese, Intha, Danu |
The Taungyo (Burmese: တောင်ရိုး လူမျိုး) are a sub-ethnic group of the Bamar people living primarily in Shan State and centered on Pindaya.
They speak a dialect of the Burmese language similar to Arakanese.
A sample of Taungyo dialect vocabulary include the following: