Padaung language

Padaung
Padaung
Kayan
Native to	Burma
Ethnicity	Kayan people
Native speakers	130,000 (2005)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Karen languages Sgaw–Bghai Bghai Padaung; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pdu
Glottolog	kaya1315

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]

^ Padaung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

[e18-1] Padaung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:07-2] "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

[:08-3] "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

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