Tavoyan

TVN

vigorous

Alternate Names: Dawai, Dawe, Dawei, Tavoya, Tawe-Tavoy

Dialects: None known. A well-known nonstandard Burmese with profound pronunciation and vocabulary differences from Burmese ,.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Ngwi-Burmese
Burmish
Southern

Demographics: 400,000 (2000 D. Bradley).

Language Use: Vigorous. All except formal domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Burmese [mya].

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Unwritten, Myanmar

Nation of Origin: Myanmar

Other Comments: Officially viewed as a Burmese dialect ,. Buddhist.