S'gaw Karen language
| S'gaw Karen | |
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| စှီၤ | |
| Pronunciation | [sɣɔʔ] |
| Native to | Myanmar, Thailand |
| Region | Eastern Burma, Western Thailand |
| Ethnicity | S'gaw |
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Native speakers
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(4 million cited 1983–2011) |
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Sino-Tibetan
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Myanmar script (S'gaw Karen alphabet) Latin script Karen Braille |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: ksw – S'gaw jkp – Paku jkm – Mopwa wea – Wewaw |
| Glottolog | sout1554 |
S'gaw, also known as S'gaw Karen and S'gaw Kayin, is a Karen language spoken by over four million 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, Western Thailand, Northern Thailand, 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.
S'gaw is spoken in Ayeyarwady delta area, in the Ayeyarwady, Bago, Kayin, and Rangon regions. S'gaw speakers are frequently interspersed with Pwo Karen speakers.
S'gaw dialects are:
Paku is spoken in:
Paku dialects are Shwe Kyin, Mawchi, Kyauk Gyi, Bawgali, the names of which are based on villages.
Mobwa is spoken in 9 villages at the western foot of the Thandaung Mountains in Thandaung township, Kayin State. There are also some in Taungoo township, Bago Region.
Mobwa dialects are Palaychi (Southern Mobwa) and Dermuha (Southern Mobwa).
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