Pa’O language

E179082
Sino-Tibetan language Tibeto-Burman language language

The Pa’O language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Pa’O (Taungthu) people of Myanmar, especially in Shan and Kayin States.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pa’O language canonical 4
Pa'O language 3
Pa-O language 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup Karen languages subgroup (classification debated) ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
ethnicGroup Pa'O people ⓘ
surface form: Pa’O people
glottocode paoo1238 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Black Karen language ⓘ
Pa’O language ⓘ
surface form: Pa-O language

Pa’O language ⓘ
surface form: Pa-Oe language

Pa’O language ⓘ
surface form: Taungthu language

White Karen language ⓘ
hasContactLanguage Burmese language ⓘ
Shan language ⓘ
hasDialects multiple local varieties ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus minority language in Myanmar ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Burmese language ⓘ
Karen languages ⓘ
Shan language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal language ⓘ
hasScriptOrigin adapted from Burmese script ⓘ
hasUsageDomain home and community ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ISO639-3Code blk ⓘ
isSpokenInCountry Myanmar ⓘ
isUsedBy Pa’O communities in Kayin State ⓘ
Pa’O communities in Shan State ⓘ
isUsedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
surface form: Tibeto-Burman
region Kayin State ⓘ
Shan State ⓘ
spokenBy Pa'O people ⓘ
surface form: Pa’O people

Pa'O people ⓘ
surface form: Taungthu people
spokenIn Kayin State ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Shan State ⓘ
usesScript Burmese script ⓘ
writingSystem Burmese script ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karen people → language → Pa’O language ⓘ
Karen → language → Pa’O language ⓘ
subject surface form: Karen people
this entity surface form: Pa'O language
Sgaw Karen language → closelyRelatedTo → Pa’O language ⓘ
Pwo Karen language → closelyRelatedTo → Pa’O language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pa-O language
Pa’O language → hasAlternativeName → Pa’O language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taungthu language
Pa’O language → hasAlternativeName → Pa’O language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pa-O language
Pa’O language → hasAlternativeName → Pa’O language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pa-Oe language
Pa'O people → language → Pa’O language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pa'O language
Karen script → primaryLanguageWritten → Pa’O language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pa'O language
Karen languages → hasLanguage → Pa’O language ⓘ
Karen peoples → primaryLanguage → Pa’O language ⓘ