Pa'O people

Pa-O people
ပအိုဝ်ႏစွိုးခွိုꩻ
Burmese: ပအိုဝ်းလူမျိုး
A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State
Total population
>600,000
Regions with significant populations
Myanmar
Languages
Pa'O, Burmese, Thai, Shan, Karen
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Karen people
Pa'O women selling vegetables in an open-air market
Pa'O women

The Pa'O (Burmese: ပအိုဝ်းလူမျိုး, IPA: [pəo̰ lùmjóʊ], or တောင်သူ; Shan: ပဢူဝ်း; Eastern Poe Karen: တံင်သူ; S'gaw Karen: တီသူ; also spelt Pa-O or Paoh) are the ethnic minorities living in Myanmar, with a population of roughly 600,000[1]

Other names of the Pa-O include PaU, PhyaU, Piao, Taungthu, Taungsu, Tongsu and Kula.

  1. ^ Interactive Myanmar map, archived from the original on 8 July 2013, retrieved 22 April 2014

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