Taungyo
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The Taungyo ( Tauñyoù lumyoù) are a sub-ethnic group of the Bamar people living primarily in Shan State and centered on Pindaya.
==Language== They speak Taungyo (တောင်ရိုးစကား Tauñyoùs̱áḵà), a Tavoyan dialect of the Burmese language. Taungyo has 89% lexical similarity with standard Burmese, and is also closely related to Danu, Intha and Rakhine.
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