Geko Karen

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Geko
Native to Burma
Ethnicity Kayan
Native speakers
(17,000 Geko (2010); 7,300 Yinbaw cited 1983) [1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
ghk   Geko
kvu   Yinbaw
Glottolog geko1235  Geko [2]
yinb1236  Yinbaw [3]

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.

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Distribution

Yinbaw (population 7,300 as of 1983) is spoken in eastern Shan State and Kayah State.

Dialects

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References

  1. Geko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Yinbaw at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Geko Karen". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yinbaw Karen". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.