Yaw people explained

Group:Yaw
Native Name Lang:my
Population:200,000
Regions:Gangaw District, Magway Division, Burma
Languages:Yaw dialect of the Burmese language
Religions:Theravada Buddhism
Related Groups:Bamar, Arakanese, Intha, Danu, Taungyo

The Yaw people (Burmese: ယောလူမျိုး) live in Gangaw District, Burma and Pakokku District number about 200,000 people.[1] They speak the Yaw dialect of the Burmese language.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ethnologue report for language code: mya . Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) . 2009 . Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition . SIL International . 7 February 2011.