Padaung language
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For the unrelated "Kayan" dialect cluster spoken by the Kayan people of Borneo, see Kayan language (Borneo).
Kayan, also known as, Padaung or Padaung Karen) is a Karen language of Burma, spoken by the Kayan people. The Kayan dialects share more than 90% lexical similarity.[2] Padaung is 71% to 76% lexically similar to Lahta.[3]
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Padaung | |
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Kayan | |
Native to | Burma |
Ethnicity | Kayan people |
Native speakers | 130,000 (2005)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pdu |
Glottolog | kaya1315 |
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