Kayah Li language

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The Kayah Li language is a Karenic language spoken primarily by the Kayah (Karenni) people of eastern Myanmar and parts of Thailand, written in its own Kayah Li script.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Karenic language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
alternativeName Kayah NERFINISHED
Kayah Li NERFINISHED
Red Karen NERFINISHED
countryOfficialStatus recognized minority language in Myanmar
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroupAssociated Karenni NERFINISHED
Kayah NERFINISHED
glottologCode kaya1329
glottologName Western Kayah NERFINISHED
hasContactInfluenceFrom Burmese NERFINISHED
Thai
hasDialect Eastern Kayah NERFINISHED
Western Kayah NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology analytic
isolating
hasOrthography Kayah Li script NERFINISHED
Latin-based orthography (limited use)
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system
contrastive tone
phonemic vowel length
tonal language
hasScriptUnicodeBlock Kayah Li NERFINISHED
iso639-3Code kyu
languageFamily Karenic
Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Burmese
Pwo Karen NERFINISHED
Sgaw Karen NERFINISHED
primaryWordOrder SVO
region Southeast Asia
scriptCreatedBy Htae Bu Phae NERFINISHED
scriptCreatedIn 1960s
scriptType alphabet
spokenBy Karenni people NERFINISHED
Kayah people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Myanmar NERFINISHED
Thailand NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion Kayah State NERFINISHED
status minority language
unicodeBlockRange U+A900–U+A92F
usedFor community literature
education in some local schools
local media
religious texts
writingSystem Kayah Li script NERFINISHED

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

Karenic languages hasMajorLanguage Kayah Li language
Kayah people hasLanguage Kayah Li language
Karen languages hasLanguage Kayah Li language