Western Pwo

E685683

Western Pwo is a Karen language variety spoken primarily by the Pwo Karen people in Myanmar and neighboring regions.

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Label Occurrences
Western Pwo canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Karen language
Sino-Tibetan language
language variety
alternativeName Pwo Karen (Western)
Western Pwo Karen
countryOfficialLanguageOf none
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Pwo Karen
glottocode pwoe1235
hasDialects Bassein dialect
Mergui dialect
Tavoyan dialect
hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Karen
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
hasNeighboringLanguages Burmese
Mon
Sgaw Karen
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tonal language
voiceless sonorants
hasWordOrder SVO
iso639-3Code pwo
languageBranch Karen languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan language family
languageGroup Pwo Karen
linguisticTypology analytic language
minorityLanguageIn Thailand
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Sgaw Karen
primaryCountry Myanmar
region Lower Myanmar
Tenasserim coast
linked to: Tenasserim
relatedTo Eastern Pwo
Northern Pwo
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenBy Pwo Karen people
spokenIn Bago Region
Mon State
Myanmar
Tanintharyi Region
Thailand
subclassOf Karen language
linked to: Karen languages

Pwo Karen language
usedBy rural communities in southern Myanmar
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Burmese script

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