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The Shan dialects spoken in Shan State can be divided into three groups, roughly coinciding with geographical and modern administrative boundaries, namely the northern, southern, and eastern dialects. Dialects differ to a certain extent in vocabulary and pronunciation, but are generally mutually intelligible.

While the southern dialect has borrowed more Burmese words, eastern Shan is somewhat closer to Northern Thai language and Lao in vocabulary and pronunciation, and the northern so-called "Chinese Shan" is much influenced by the Yunnan-Chinese dialect.[clarification needed]

A number of words differ in initial consonants. In the north, initial /k/, /kʰ/ and /m/, when combined with certain vowels and final consonants, are pronounced /tʃ/ (written ky), /tʃʰ/ (written khy) and /mj/ (written my). In Chinese Shan, initial /n/ becomes /l/. In southwestern regions /m/ is often pronounced as /w/. Initial /f/ only appears in the east, while in the other two dialects it merges with /pʰ/.

J. Marvin Brown divides the three dialects of Shan State as follows:[3]

1. Northern — Lashio, Burma; contains more Chinese influences
2. Southern — Taunggyi, Burma (capital of Shan State); contains more Burmese influences
3. Eastern — Kengtung, Burma (in the Golden Triangle); closer to Northern Thai and Lao

Prominent divergent dialects are considered separate languages, such as Khün (called Kon Shan by the Burmese), which is spoken in Kengtung valley. Chinese Shan is also called Tai Mao, referring to the old Shan State of Mong Mao. Tai Long is used to refer to the Southern Shan State dialect spoken in southern and central regions west of the Salween River,[4] the Northern Shan State dialect,[5] and the dialect spoken in Laos. There are also dialects still spoken by a small number of people in Kachin State, such as Tai Laing, and Khamti spoken in northern Sagaing Region.

ထွႆႈၵႂၢမ်းၵႂၢမ်းလၢတ်ႈ ”တႆး” မီးလၢႆၸိူဝ်း

ၼႂ်း Wikipedia တႅမ်ႈဝႆႉ၊ ထွႆႈၵႂၢမ်း ၵႂၢမ်းလၢတ်ႈတႆး (Shan dialects) ၸၢင်ႈၸႅၵ်ႇၽႄဝႆႉပဵၼ် 3 ၸုမ်း၊ ၸွမ်းဢဝ်ဢွင်ႈတီႈ ပွတ်းတွၼ်ႈတီႈယူႇသေ ၸႅၵ်ႇဝႆႉပဵၼ် 1.တႆးပွတ်းၼိူဝ် (northern)၊ 2.တႆးပွတ်းဢွၵ်ႇ (southern)၊ 3.တႆးပွတ်းတႂ်ႈ (southern)
ထွႆႈၵႂၢမ်းၸိူဝ်းၼႆႉပႅၵ်ႇပိူင်ႈၵၼ်ဢိတ်းဢွတ်းၸဵမ်သပ်းၵႂၢမ်းလႄႈသဵင်ဢွၵ်ႇ ၵူၺ်းၵမ်ႈၼမ်တႄႉ ပွင်ႇၸႂ်ၵၼ်လႆႈလီလီယူႇ။

ထွႆႈၵႂၢမ်းတႆးပွတ်းတႂ်ႈ ယိပ်းယိုမ်ထွႆႈၵႂၢမ်းမၢၼ်ႈ၊ ထွႆႈၵႂၢမ်းပွတ်းဢွၵ်ႇ ၸမ်ၵၼ်တင်းထႆးပွတ်းၼိူဝ် (northern Thai) လႄႈလၢဝ်း (Lao) တွၼ်ႈထွႆႈသပ်းလႄႈသဵင်ဢွၵ်ႇ၊ လႄႈတႆးပွတ်းတွၼ်ႈၼိူဝ်မၢင်ၽဝ်ႇႁွင်ႉတႆးၶႄႇ (Chinese Shan) ထွႆႈၵႂၢမ်းၵမ်ႈၼမ်လႆႈႁပ်ႉမႃးတီႈ ၶႄႇယူႇၼၢၼ်ႇ (Yunnan-Chinese)။