Pwo Karen

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Pwo Karen is a major Karen ethnic group and language community of Myanmar and Thailand, known for its distinct Karenic language varieties and cultural traditions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kanchanaburi Pwo Karen 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
language community
ethnicityIn Myanmar NERFINISHED
Thailand NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice oral storytelling
rice cultivation
traditional music
weaving
hasEconomicActivity handicrafts
shifting cultivation
subsistence agriculture
wet-rice farming
hasKinshipSystem bilateral kinship
hasLanguageVariety Eastern Pwo Karen NERFINISHED
Northern Pwo Karen NERFINISHED
Southern Pwo Karen NERFINISHED
Western Pwo Karen NERFINISHED
hasOralLiterature folktales
ritual chants
songs
hasReligion Animism
Buddhism NERFINISHED
Christianity
hasScript Burmese script NERFINISHED
Latin script NERFINISHED
hasSocialStructure village-based communities
hasTraditionalDress handwoven tunics
striped woven cloth
hasTraditionalReligion ancestor worship
spirit worship
languageStatus minority language
vulnerable language
locatedInRegion Kanchanaburi Province NERFINISHED
Karen State NERFINISHED
Lower Myanmar NERFINISHED
Mon State NERFINISHED
Ratchaburi Province NERFINISHED
Tak Province NERFINISHED
Tanintharyi Region NERFINISHED
Western Thailand NERFINISHED
partOf Karen ethnic groups
relatedEthnicGroup Pa-O people NERFINISHED
Sgaw Karen NERFINISHED
relatedLanguage Sgaw Karen language NERFINISHED
speaks Pwo Karen language
subgroupOf Karen people NERFINISHED
usesLanguageFamily Karenic languages
Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED

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

Pwo Karen language hasDialect Pwo Karen
this entity surface form: Kanchanaburi Pwo Karen
Karen peoples hasSubgroup Pwo Karen
Karenic languages hasSubgroup Pwo Karen
Karen Americans language Pwo Karen
Pwo Karen language subgroup Pwo Karen