Palaungn.adj.

1860 F. Mason Nat. Productions Burmah iii. 69 The Paloungs..are a Shan tribe found north and east of Bamoo.

1885 A. R. Colquhoun Amongst Shans v. 72 The Paloungs, or Poloungs, are darker and smaller than the Shans.

1923 H. T. White Burma xiii. 136 Palaungs, timid, peaceable folk, to the number of 144,000, are found principally in the Northern Shan States.

1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days xi. 165 The Palaungs..admire long necks in women.

1971 N. Bixler Burma vi. 133 The Palaung, who live less than 3,000 feet above sea level and cannot grow opium, have within this century begun to specialize quite successfully in raising tea.

1995 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 54 984 Assimilation is pervasive... Palaung are becoming Shan.

1892 Science 15 Jan. 30/1 The language may be monosyllabic, like the Khasi and the Paloung.

1923 H. T. White Burma xiii. 140 The Austro-Asiatic family is represented by Môn-Hkmer [sic] languages, of which the most noticeable are Talaing..and Palaung.

1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 671/2 The major language of the group is Ta-ang or Palaung, spoken in the former ‘Shan State’ of Tawngpeng and by minorities in Hsipaw, Hsenwi and Möngmit states, all now part of Shan State, Burma.

1897 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 26 25 This seems due to a large admixture of La Wa, Kachin, Palaung and perhaps Chinese blood.

1921 M. L. Milne (title) An elementary Palaung grammar.

1942 J. L. Christian Mod. Burma ii. 15 The Wa and Palaung tribal groups of the Shan hills belong to the Mon Khmer family.

1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics I. 138/2 The Eastern sub-branch of Palaungic contains several Palaung languages, the Riang dialects, and Danau.