Northern Pwo language

Karen language of Thailand
Northern Pwo
Native toThailand
EthnicityKayah people
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1983)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • (Tibeto-Burman)
    • Karen languages
      • Pwo
        • Northern Pwo
Language codes
ISO 639-3pww
Glottologpwon1235

Northern Pwo, or Phlong, is a Karen language of Thailand. It is not intelligible with other varieties of Pwo, though it is close to Phrae Pwo. Northern Pwo consists of the mutually intelligible dialects of Mae Ping, Omkoi (Hod), and Mae Sarieng.

Distribution

  • Chiang Mai, Lamphun, and Tak provinces
  • Mae Hong Son province (15–25 villages): Mae Sarieng town, Mae Ngaw along Salween river, from Hot to Mae Sarieng.

References

  1. ^ Northern Pwo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon

Sources

  • Phillips, Audra. 2009. Lexical Similarity in Pwo Karen. In PYU Working Papers in Linguistics 5, Audra Phillips (ed.). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University Linguistics Department.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Sino-Tibetan branches
Western Himalayas
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
Greater Magaric
Map of Sino-Tibetan languages
Eastern Himalayas
(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border
"Naga"
Sal
East and Southeast Asia
Burmo-Qiangic
Dubious (possible isolates)
(Arunachal)
Greater Siangic
Proposed groupingsProto-languages
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Northern
Central
Kayah
Kayan
Kayaw
Western Bwe
Southern
S'gaw
Pwo
Proto-language