| Kayah | |
|---|---|
| Red Karen | |
| Spoken in | Burma |
| Ethnicity | Kayah |
| Native speakers | 570,000 (1987–2000) |
| Language family |
Sino-Tibetan
|
| Writing system | Kayah Li alphabet |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | either: eky – Eastern Kayah kyu – Western Kayah |
Kayah, or Red Karen, is a Karen dialect continuum spoken by over half a million Kayah people in Burma.
Eastern Kayah is reported to have been spoken by 260,000 in Burma and 100,000 in Thailand in 2000, and Western Kayah by 210,000 in Burma in 1987.