Northern Pwo

E685684

Northern Pwo is a Karenic language of the Sino-Tibetan family spoken primarily by Pwo Karen communities in parts of Myanmar and neighboring regions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Northern Pwo Karen 1
Western Pwo Karen 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Karenic language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Pwo Karen NERFINISHED
family Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Northern Pwo Karen NERFINISHED
Pwo Karen (Northern variety) NERFINISHED
hasDialects various local village dialects
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
rich consonant inventory
ISO639-3 pww
languageRole vernacular language
linguisticBranch Karen NERFINISHED
morphologicalType analytic
neighboringLanguageContact Burmese NERFINISHED
Thai NERFINISHED
region Southeast Asia
relatedTo Sgaw Karen NERFINISHED
Southern Pwo NERFINISHED
Western Pwo NERFINISHED
spokenIn Myanmar NERFINISHED
Thailand NERFINISHED
status minority language
subclassOf Pwo Karen language
subfamily Karenic
tonalLanguage true
usedBy Pwo Karen communities
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Burmese script

Referenced by (3)

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

Pwo Karen language hasDialect Northern Pwo
this entity surface form: Western Pwo Karen
Pwo Karen language hasDialect Northern Pwo
this entity surface form: Northern Pwo Karen