Alternate Names: Da’ang, Di-Ang, Ngwe Palaung, Palay, Silver Palaung
Dialects: Pale, Rulai. Rulai dialect near Lashio has regular phonological changes and some lexical difference from Ruching.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 258,000 in Myanmar (2000). Population total all countries: 272,000.
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village, market, religion. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Burmese [mya], Lü [khb], Shan [shn], Thai [tha]. Used as L2 by Rumai Palaung [rbb].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Strong literacy program. Grammar. Bible: 2013.
Typology: SVO.
Writing System: Myanmar (Burmese)
Nation of Origin: Myanmar
Other Comments: Kalaw dialect tends toward loss of final consonants, could be moving to develop tones. Tense vowels change into glides with a palatal final in the Pale variety. Buddhist, traditional religion.