What is Palaung or Taang? ======================= Palaung, also called Ta-ang, hill people of the Shan region and adjacent areas of eastern Myanmar (Burma), as well as southwestern Yunnan province of China. They numbered about 240,000 in the late 20th century and speak dialects of the Palaungic branch of Austro-Asiatic languages. The Palaung’s language is quite distinct from the Tai speech of the Shan (see Tai), with whom they live closely intermingled. Their area has a long history as a centre of tea production.
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