| Pyen | |
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| Phen | |
| Native to | Myanmar |
| Region | Shan State |
Native speakers | 600 (2013)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pyy |
| Glottolog | pyen1239 |
Pyen (Hpyin, Phen;pʰɛn)[2] is aLoloish language ofMyanmar. It is spoken by about 700 people in two villages nearMong Yang,Shan State, Burma, just to the north ofKengtung.[2]
Pyen borrows more from Lahu and Shan, whileBisu borrows more fromNorthern Thai andStandard Thai. Pyen and Bisu are both mutually intelligible, since the two form a dialect chain along withLaomian andLaopin of China, and somePhunoi varieties of Laos (Person 2007). Pyen shares 36%lexical similarity with Hani, 32% withLahu, and 31% withLisu.[3]
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
