Karen, Pwo Eastern

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A language of Myanmar

Location

Bago region: Bago and Toungoo townships; Kayin state and Tanintharyi region: a large area near the Thailand border.

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Language NameKaren, Pwo West-Central Thailand

User Population

50,000 in Thailand (1998). Total Karen: 441,000 (2010 census.

Location

Kanchanaburi, Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ratchaburi, Suphan Buri, and Uthai Thani provinces; Tak province: Umphang and Phop Phra districts. Kanchanaburi dialect is north, Ratchaburi-Phetchaburi dialect is south.

Alternate Names

Phlou, Southern Pwo Karen

Dialects

Kanchanaburi Pwo Karen, Ratchaburi Pwo Karen (Phetchaburi Pwo Karen). Likely intelligible but politically and sociolinguistically distinct from Pwo Eastern Karen in Myanmar.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Language Use

Shifting to Thai [tha] (Dawkins and Phillips 2009b).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 15%–50%.

Other Comments

Buddhist.

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