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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Myanmar > Karen, Pwo Western

Karen, Pwo Western

A language of Myanmar

ISO 639-3pwo

Population  210,000.
Region  Ayeyawaddy (Irrawaddy) Delta.
Alternate names   Bassein Pwo Karen, Delta Pwo Karen, Mutheit, Phlong Sho
Dialects  Bassein, Tuan Tet, Maubin.
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Karen, Pwo
Language development  Bible: 1883–1885.
Writing system  Myanmar (Burmese) script.
Comments  SVO. Traditional religion, Christian, Buddhist.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Phillips, Audra. 1996. "Dialect comparison among the Pwo Karen of central Thailand."