Karen, Pwo Northern
A language of Thailand
| Population | 60,000 (1983 SIL). |
| Region | Northwest, Mae Sarieng town; Mae Ngaw along Salween River, 15 to 25 villages; Hot to Mae Sarieng. |
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Northern Thailand, reference number 44 |
| Alternate names | Phlong |
| Dialects | Mae Ping, Omkoi (Hod), Mae Sarieng. Dialects mutually intelligible. Pwo Karen of Phrae [kjt], Kanchanaburi, and Hua Hin are not intelligible with these. Lexical similarity: 87% with Phrae Province Pwo Karen [kjt] of Thailand, 68%–73% with other Pwo Karen. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Karen, Pwo |
| Language use | Little knowledge of Thai [tha] in Hot to Mae Sarieng area. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2002. |
| Writing system | Thai script. |
| Comments | SVO. Traditional religion, Christian. |
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