Palaung

English

Etymology

From Burmese ပလောင် (pa.laung).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlaʊŋ/

Noun

Palaung (plural Palaungs or Palaung)

1. 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

1. 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 ⁠