| Danau (Htanaw) | |
|---|---|
| Kənɒ̀, Thanɔ, Htanaw ကနော်, ထနော့ | |
| Native to | Burma |
| Ethnicity | 5,000 (2000)[1] |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2023) |
Austroasiatic
| |
| Burmese-based orthography | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dnu |
| Glottolog | dana1252 |
| ELP | Danau |
Danau, also spelled Htanaw or Danaw (Burmese: ထနော့ [tʰənɔ̰], endonym: ကနော် [kənɒ̀]), is an Austroasiatic language of Myanmar (Burma). It is the most divergent member of the Palaungic branch (Sidwell 2010). According to community estimates (2023), Danau is spoken by about 3,000 people in six villages near Aungban, Kalaw Township, Shan State.[2] Danau was described as a "critically endangered" language in UNESCO's 2010 Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger.[3][4]