S'gaw Karen language
S’gaw, S'gaw Karen, or S’gaw K’Nyaw, commonly known as Karen, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the S'gaw Karen people of Myanmar and Thailand. A Karenic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, S'gaw Karen is spoken by over 2 million people in Tanintharyi Region, Ayeyarwady Region, Yangon Region, and Bago Region in Myanmar, and about 200,000 in northern and western Thailand along the border near Kayin State. It is written using the S'gaw Karen alphabet, derived from the Burmese script, although a Latin-based script is also in use among the S'gaw Karen in northwestern Thailand.
| S’gaw Karen language | |
|---|---|
| ကညီကျိာ်, K'nyaw | |
| Pronunciation | [sɣɔʔ] |
| Native to | Myanmar, Thailand |
| Region | Kayin State, Myanmar Thailand Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Malaysia |
| Ethnicity | Karen |
Native speakers | 2.2 million (2010–2017) |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Mon–Burmese (S'gaw Karen alphabet) Latin script Karen Braille | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Myanmar ( Kayin State) |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | kar |
| ISO 639-3 | ksw – inclusive codeIndividual codes: ksw – S'gawjkp – Pakujkm – Mopwawea – Wewaw |
| Glottolog | sout1554 |
Karen languages | |
Various divergent dialects are sometimes seen as separate languages: Paku in the northeast, Mopwa (Mobwa) in the northwest, Wewew, and Monnepwa.
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