Northern Pwo language

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Northern Pwo
Native to Thailand
Ethnicity Kayah people
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1983) [1]
Thai script
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pww
Glottolog pwon1235

Northern Pwo, or Phlong, is a Karen language of Thailand. It is not intelligible with other varieties of Pwo, though it is close to Phrae Pwo. Northern Pwo consists of the mutually intelligible dialects of Mae Ping, Omkoi (Hod), and Mae Sarieng.

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Writing system

Consonant
ซยนย
ptȶkʔbdȶʰfsɕxhɰmnȵŋjwlr
Vowel
เ-แ-ืฮเ-อ-าโ--อไ-ีงเ-งืงเิง-างูง-องเ-ะแ-ะ-ะโ-ะเ-าะไ-ะเ-า
ieɛɨəauoɔaiĩɨ̃ə̃ãũɔ̃i'e'ɛ'a'u'o'ɔ'ai'aɨ'au'

Tones: ่, ้, ๊.

Distribution

References

  1. Northern Pwo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed Access logo transparent.svg

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