Pa'O people

The Pa'O (Burmese: ပအိုဝ်းလူမျိုး, IPA: [pəo̰ lùmjóʊ], or တောင်သူ; Shan: ပဢူဝ်း; Eastern Poe Karen: တံင်သူ; S'gaw Karen: တီသူ; also spelt Pa-O or Paoh) are the seventh largest ethnic nationality in Burma, with a population of approximately 2,000,000 to 2,500,000.

Pa-O people
ပအိုဝ်ႏစွိုးခွိုꩻ
Burmese: ပအိုဝ်းလူမျိုး
A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State
Total population
2,500,000 (2019 est.)
Regions with significant populations
Myanmar, Thailand,Cambodia
Languages
Pa'O, Burmese, Thai
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Karen people

Other names of the Pa-O include PaU, PhyaU, Piao, Taungthu, Taungsu, Tongsu and Kula.

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