Padaung language


Padaung or Padaung Karen, also known as Kayan, is a Karen language of Burma, spoken by the Kayan people.

Distribution

The Kayan languages are spoken in Kayah State, southern Shan State, and northern Karen State. There are four branches according to Shintani, namely:
Nangki, documented in Shintani, is one of the Kayan languages belonging to the Kakhaung subgroup. It is spoken only in one village.
Pekong Kayan is documented in Manson.
Sonkan Kayan and Dosanbu Kayan are documented in Shintani.
Dimawso Kayan, a similar Kayan variety spoken in Wanbanbalo village, Dimawso township, Kayah State, Myanmar, is described in Lew.
Ethnologue lists Padaung dialects as: