Geko | |
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Native to | Burma |
Ethnicity | Kayan |
Native speakers
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(17,000 Geko (2010); 7,300 Yinbaw cited 1983) |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either: ghk – Geko kvu – Yinbaw |
Glottolog |
geko1235 (Geko)yinb1236 (Yinbaw)
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Geko is a Karen language of Burma. Yinbaw is reportedly a variety. Speakers of Geko and Yinbaw are ethnically Kayan, as are speakers of Lahta and Padaung.
Yinbaw (population 7,300 as of 1983) is spoken in eastern Shan State and Kayah State.