Yaw people

The Yaw people (Burmese: ယောလူမျိုး) live in Gangaw District, Burma and number about 20,000 people.[1] They speak the Yaw dialect of the Burmese language.[1]

Yaw
ယော
Total population
20,000
Regions with significant populations
Gangaw District, Magway Division, Burma
Languages
Yaw dialect of the Burmese language
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Bamar, Arakanese, Intha, Danu, Taungyo

References
  1. Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) (2009). "Ethnologue report for language code: mya". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. SIL International. Retrieved 7 February 2011.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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