Pyen language

Pyen (Hpyin, Phen; pʰɛn)^[2] is a Loloish language of Myanmar. It is spoken by about 700 people in two villages near Mong Yang, Shan State, Burma, just to the north of Kengtung.^[2]

Pyen
Phen
Native to	Myanmar
Region	Shan State
Native speakers	600 (2013)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Bisoid Pyen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pyy
Glottolog	pyen1239

Pyen borrows more from Lahu and Shan, while Bisu borrows more from Northern Thai and Standard Thai. Pyen and Bisu are both mutually intelligible, since the two form a dialect chain along with Laomian and Laopin of China, and some Phunoi varieties of Laos (Person 2007). Pyen shares 36% lexical similarity with Hani, 32% with Lahu, and 31% with Lisu.^[3]