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Kayan

A language of Myanmar

ISO 639-3: pdu

Population	40,900 in Myanmar (1983). Population total all countries: 41,080.
Region	Kayah state, Mobyè area; south Shan state, Phekon Township; hills east of Toungoo. Also in Thailand.
Alternate names	Kayang, Padaung, Padaung Karen
Classification	Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Karen, Sgaw-Bghai, Bghai, Eastern
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion, Buddhist, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MANSON, Ken, author. 2003. Pekon Kayan Phonology, Han Bon dialect.

MANSON, Ken, author. 2007. Pekon Kayan phonology.

MANSON, Ken, author. 2008. Pekon Kayan Orthography.

MANSON, Ken; MANSON, Roslyn, authors. 2005. An annotated bibliography of Kayan.

MANSON, Kenneth Neil, author. 2010. A grammar of Kayan, a Tibeto-Burman language.