Wewaw
PrintA language of Myanmar
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Wewau
Population
No remaining speakers. The latest referent to the population is in the 1921 Burma census which lists 256 speakers. Note that the 1911 and 1931 census of Burma list 0 speakers of Wewaw.
Location
Karen hills, near Taungoo; Bago Yoma range between Ayeyawaddy and Sittang rivers.
Language Status
10 (Extinct).
Classification
Dialects
Similar to and may be a dialect of S’gaw Karen [ksw].
Typology
SOV
Language Use
Shifted to S’gaw Karen [ksw].
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.