Pyen | |
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Phen | |
Native to | Myanmar |
Region | Shan State |
Native speakers | 600 (2013)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pyy |
Glottolog | pyen1239 |
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 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]
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Kachin (12) |
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Kayah (9) |
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Kayin (Karen) (11) | |
Chin (53) |
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Bamar (Burman) (9) |
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Mon (1) | |
Rakhine (Arakanese) (7) |
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Shan (33) | |
Unrecognised / Others |
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