Palaung

English

Etymology

From Burmese ပလောင် (pa.laung).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pəˈlaʊŋ/

Noun

Palaung (plural Palaungs or Palaung)

A member of an ethnic group living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar, also in China and Thailand.

Synonyms

Ta'ang

Translations

people

Burmese: ပလောင် (my) (pa.laung)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 德昂族 (zh) (Dé'ángzú)
Shan: ပလွင်ႈ (shn) (pǎ lāung)
Thai: ปะหล่อง

Proper noun

Palaung

The Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Palaung people.

Synonyms

Ta'ang

Derived terms

Palaungic

Translations

language

Burmese: ပလောင်ဘာသာ (pa.laungbhasa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 德昂語／德昂语 (zh) (Dé'ángyǔ)
Thai: ภาษาปะหล่อง

See also

Palaung people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Palaung language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

Wiktionary’s coverage of Shwe Palaung terms
Ethnologue entry for Palaung, pll ⁠
Ethnologue entry for Palaung, pce ⁠
Ethnologue entry for Palaung, rbb ⁠

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