PWW ISO 639-3
Karen, Pwo Northern
A language of Thailand
- ISO 639
- pww
- Alternate Names
- Phlon, Phlong
- Population
- 60,000 (1983 SIL). Total Karen: 441,000 (2010 census).
- Location:
- Chiang Mai, Lamphun, and Tak provinces; Mae Hong Son province: Mae Sarieng town, Mae Ngaw along Salween river, 15–25 villages, Hot to Mae Sarieng.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Karenic, Peripheral
- Dialects
- Mae Ping, Omkoi (Hod), Mae Sarieng. Dialects mutually intelligible. Pwo Karen of Phrae [kjt], Kanchanaburi, and Hua Hin are not intelligible with these. Lexical similarity: 87% with Phrae province Pwo Karen [kjt] of Thailand, 68%–73% with other Pwo Karen.
- Typology
- SVO.
- Language Use
- Also use Thai [tha], but little knowledge of it in the area delimited by Hot and Mae Sarieng.
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible: 2016.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Karen, Pwo Northern
- Writing
- Thai script [Thai].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Christian.
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Location: Chiang Mai, Lamphun, and Tak provinces; Mae Hong Son province: Mae Sarieng town, Mae Ngaw along Salween river, 15–25 villages, Hot to Mae Sarieng.
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