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ဖျိၩ့, ဖျိၩ့ၡိ, ဖၠုံ, ဖၠုံယှိုဝ် | |
Ethnicity | Karen |
Geographic distribution | Karen State, Burma and across the border into Thailand |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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Glottolog | pwoo1239 |
The Pwo Karen language is one of the main groups of the Karen languages, alongside the S'gaw Karen language and Pa'O. The Pwo Karen language contains four different dialects, which are at best marginally mutually intelligible:
The people who speak the language are referred to by many names, notably "Pwo Karen" or simply "Karen". The people call themselves Ploan Sho. The Pwo Karen people have lived in the eastern part of Burma for centuries, and in the western and northern parts of Thailand for at least seven or eight centuries. The population of “Pwo karen” is 1,525,300 in Myanmar.
The endonymisPhlou [pʰlou̯]orKa Phlou [ka pʰlou̯], meaning "human beings".
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