▁Tai ▁Lü , ▁it ▁is ▁called ▁kam ▁n gio ▁( , ▁). ▁ ▁Dia lect s ▁The ▁Sh an ▁dialect s ▁spoken ▁in ▁Sh an ▁State ▁can ▁be ▁divided ▁into ▁three ▁groups , ▁roughly ▁coinc iding ▁with ▁ge ographical ▁and ▁modern ▁administrative ▁boundaries , ▁namely ▁the ▁northern , ▁southern , ▁and ▁eastern ▁dialect s . ▁Dia lect s ▁differ ▁to ▁a ▁certain ▁extent ▁in ▁voc ab ul ary ▁and ▁pron unci ation , ▁but ▁are ▁generally ▁mut ually ▁intellig ible . ▁While ▁the ▁southern ▁dialect ▁has ▁borrow ed ▁more ▁Bur m ese ▁words , ▁Eastern ▁Sh an ▁is ▁somewhat ▁closer ▁to ▁northern ▁Th ai ▁languages ▁and ▁La o ▁in ▁voc ab ul ary ▁and ▁pron unci ation , ▁and ▁the ▁northern ▁so - called ▁" Ch inese ▁Sh an " ▁is ▁much ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁Y unn an - Ch inese ▁dialect . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁words ▁differ ▁in ▁initial ▁con son ants . ▁In ▁the ▁north , ▁initial ▁ ▁and ▁, ▁when ▁combined ▁with ▁certain ▁v ow els ▁and ▁final ▁con son ants , ▁are ▁pron ounced ▁ ▁( written ▁k y ), ▁ ▁( written ▁k hy ) ▁and ▁ ▁( written ▁my ). ▁In ▁Chinese ▁Sh an , ▁initial ▁ ▁becomes ▁. ▁In ▁south western ▁regions ▁ ▁is ▁often ▁pron ounced ▁as ▁. ▁Initial ▁ ▁only ▁appears ▁in ▁the ▁east , ▁while ▁in ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁dialect s ▁it ▁mer ges ▁with ▁. ▁ ▁Prom inent ▁dialect s ▁are ▁considered ▁as ▁separate ▁languages , ▁such ▁as ▁Kh ün ▁( called