Pyen (Hpyin, Phen; pʰɛn)[2] is a Loloish language of Myanmar. It is spoken by about 700 people in two villages near Mong Yang, Shan State, Burma, just to the north of Kengtung.[2]
| Pyen | |
|---|---|
| Phen | |
| Native to | Myanmar |
| Region | Shan State |
Native speakers | 600 (2013)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pyy |
| Glottolog | pyen1239 |
Pyen borrows more from Lahu and Shan, while Bisu borrows more from Northern Thai and Standard Thai. Pyen and Bisu are both mutually intelligible, since the two form a dialect chain along with Laomian and Laopin of China, and some Phunoi varieties of Laos (Person 2007). Pyen shares 36% lexical similarity with Hani, 32% with Lahu, and 31% with Lisu.[3]
References
edit- ^ Pyen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Person, Kirk R. 2007. A preliminary phonological sketch of Pyen, with comparison to Bisu. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- ^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
- http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/person2007preliminary.pdf
- Shintani Tadahiko. 2009. The Pyen (or Phen) language: its classified lexicon. Fuchu (Tokyo-to): Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.