Pyen language


Pyen is a Loloish language of Myanmar. It is spoken by about 700 people in two villages near Mong [Yang Township|Mong Yang], Shan State, Burma, just to the north of Kengtung.
Pyen borrows more from Lahu and Shan, while Bisu borrows more from Northern [Thai language|Northern Thai] and Standard Thai. Pyen and Bisu are both mutually intelligible, since the two form a dialect chain along with Laomian and Laopin of China, and some Phunoi varieties of Laos. Pyen shares 36% lexical similarity with Hani, 32% with Lahu, and 31% with Lisu.