Pyen language
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| Pyen | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Burma |
| Region | Shan State |
| Native speakers | (800 cited 1981)[1] |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pyy |
Pyen (Hpyin, Phen) is a Loloish language of Burma. Currently, Pyen is only remembered by some elderly individuals, and is no longer understood by the younger generation, who now all speak Shan (Shintani 2009).
References [edit]
- ^ Pyen at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/person2007preliminary.pdf
- Shintani Tadahiko. 2009. The Pyen (or Phen) language: its classified lexicon. Fuchu (Tokyo-to): Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
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