Padaung language

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. Padaung is 71% to 76% lexically similar to Lahta.

For the unrelated "Kayan" dialect cluster spoken by the Kayan people of Borneo, see Kayan language (Borneo).
Padaung
Kayan
Native toBurma
EthnicityKayan people
Native speakers
130,000 (2005)
Sino-Tibetan
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3pdu
Glottologkaya1315
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