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Taungyo
Ethnic group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Taungoo.
The Taungyo (Burmese: တောင်ရိုး လူမျိုး Tauñyoù lumyoù) are a sub-ethnic group of the Bamar people living primarily in Shan State and centered on Pindaya.[1]
Quick Facts တောင်ရိုး, Regions with significant populations ...
တောင်ရိုး | |
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![]() Taungyo girls (c. 1922) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Pindaya, Shan State, Burma | |
Languages | |
Taungyo dialect of Burmese | |
Religion | |
Theravada Buddhism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bamar, Arakanese, Intha, Danu |
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