The Yaw dialect of
Burmese is spoken by 200,000 people near the
Chin Hills in
Magway Division
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, particularly in
Gangaw District
Gangaw District (, ) is a district of the Magway Division in central Myanmar.
Pakokku is the capital city of Pakokku District and Gangaw District. In 1926, it became a part of Pakokku Hill Tracts Districts of British Burma until 1948, and was ad ...
, which comprises
Saw
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Saws began as serrated materials, and when man ...
,
Htilin, and
Gangaw
Gangaw (, ) is a town of Gangaw Township in Gangaw District in the Magway Division in Myanmar. Gangaw is also known as the City of Yaw, a certain region in Myanmar including Gangaw (), Tilin (), Saw () and villages around them. Gangaw District an ...
. Yaw was classified as a "definitely endangered" language in
UNESCO
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's 2010 ''
Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
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.''
The Yaw dialect is very similar to standard Burmese except for the following rhyme changes:
References
{{Burmese language
Burmese language