| Yaw | |
| State: | Burma |
| Region: | Magway Division |
| Ethnicity: | Intha |
| Speakers: | 200,000 |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | (Tibeto-Burman) |
| Fam3: | Lolo–Burmese |
| Fam4: | Burmish |
| Fam5: | Southern |
| Fam6: | Burmese |
| Isoexception: | dialect |
| Glotto: | yaww1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Yaw |
The Yaw dialect of Burmese is spoken by 200,000 people near the Chin Hills in Magway Division, particularly in Gangaw District, which comprises Saw, Htilin, and Gangaw. Yaw was classified as a "definitely endangered" language in UNESCO's 2010 Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger.[1] [2]
The Yaw dialect is very similar to standard Burmese except for the following rhyme changes:[3]
| Written Burmese | Standard Burmese | Yaw dialect | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| pronounced as //-ɛʔ// | pronounced as //-aʔ// | ||
| pronounced as //-ɪɴ// | pronounced as //-aɴ// | ||
| pronounced as //-aʊʔ// | pronounced as //-oʔ// | ||
| pronounced as //-aʔ// | pronounced as //-ɛʔ// | ||
| pronounced as //-ʊʔ// | pronounced as //wɛʔ// | (pronounced as /[wʊ̀ʔ]/ in Standard Burmese, pronounced as /[wɛʔ]/ in Yaw) | |
| pronounced as //-aɴ// | pronounced as //-ɛɴ// | ||
| pronounced as //-ʊ̀ɴ// | pronounced as //-wɛɴ// | (pronounced as /[wʊ̀ɴ]/ in Standard Burmese, pronounced as /[wɛ̀ɴ]/ in Yaw) | |
| pronounced as //-ɛ, -e, -i// | pronounced as //-ɛ// | ||