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PROFILE
Total Speakers
3,000,000 (1995)

Usage by Country

Home Speakers: Myanmar


Background
Shan is spoken with regional dialect differences, but dialects are close linguistically. Tai-Khae (Khe) may be a dialect. The Tai Mao have their own script, and southern Shan is traditionally written with a Burmese/Myanmar-like script which does not distinguish tone or some vowels.


Received: 20000828
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