Pwo Karen

E680704

Pwo Karen is a major Karen ethnic group and language community of Myanmar and Thailand, known for its distinct Karenic language varieties and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pwo Karen canonical 13
Kanchanaburi Pwo Karen 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
language community
ethnicityIn Myanmar
Thailand
hasCulturalPractice oral storytelling
rice cultivation
traditional music
weaving
hasEconomicActivity handicrafts
shifting cultivation
subsistence agriculture
wet-rice farming
hasKinshipSystem bilateral kinship
hasLanguageVariety Eastern Pwo Karen
linked to: Eastern Pwo

Northern Pwo Karen
linked to: Northern Pwo

Southern Pwo Karen
Western Pwo Karen
linked to: Pwo Karen language
hasOralLiterature folktales
ritual chants
songs
hasReligion Animism
Buddhism
Christianity
hasScript Burmese script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
hasSocialStructure village-based communities
hasTraditionalDress handwoven tunics
striped woven cloth
hasTraditionalReligion ancestor worship
spirit worship
languageStatus minority language
vulnerable language
locatedInRegion Kanchanaburi Province
Karen State
Lower Myanmar
Mon State
Ratchaburi Province
Tak Province
Tanintharyi Region
Western Thailand
partOf Karen ethnic groups
relatedEthnicGroup Pa-O people
Sgaw Karen
relatedLanguage Sgaw Karen language
speaks Pwo Karen language
subgroupOf Karen people
usesLanguageFamily Karenic languages
Sino-Tibetan languages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karenic languages hasSubgroup Pwo Karen
Pwo Karen language subgroup Pwo Karen
Pwo Karen language hasDialect Kanchanaburi Pwo Karen
linked to: Pwo Karen
Karen Americans language Pwo Karen
Karen peoples hasSubgroup Pwo Karen
Skaw Karen closelyRelatedTo Pwo Karen
Bwe Karen relatedEthnicGroup Pwo Karen
Western Pwo languageGroup Pwo Karen
Western Pwo ethnicGroup Pwo Karen
Northern Pwo ethnicGroup Pwo Karen
Karen people language Pwo Karen
subject linked to: Karen (Kayin)
Karen people hasSubgroup Pwo Karen
subject linked to: Karen (Kayin)