S'gaw Karen language
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| S'gaw | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | [sɣɔʔ] |
| Native to | Burma, Thailand |
| Ethnicity | S'gaw |
Native speakers | unknown (1.5 million cited 1983–2006)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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Burmese script (S'gaw alphabet) Karen Braille | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: ksw – S'gaw jkp – Paku jkm – Mopwa wea – Wewaw |
S'gaw, also known as S'gaw Karen and S'gaw Kayin, is a Karen language spoken by over four millions S'gaw Karen people in Burma, and 200,000 in Thailand. S'gaw Karen is spoken in Tanintharyi Region's Ayeyarwady Delta, Yangon Division, Bago Division and Kayin State. It is written using the Mon script. A Bible translation was published in 1853.
Various divergent dialects are sometimes seen as separate languages: Paku in the northeast, Mopwa (Mobwa) in the northwest, Wewew, and Monnepwa.[2]
References
- ↑ S'gaw reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Paku reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Mopwa reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Wewaw reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) - ↑ Christopher Beckwith, International Association for Tibetan Studies, 2002. Medieval Tibeto-Burman languages, p. 108.
External links
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S'gaw Karen language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
- S'gaw Karen Grammar
- S'gaw Karen Dictionary
- S'gaw Karen Bible
- 'gaw-karen/index.html S'gaw Karen Picture Bible
- SEAlang Library Sgaw Karen Dictionary
- Drum Publication Group
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