Phrae Pwo language

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Phrae Pwo
Northeastern Pwo
Native to Thailand
Ethnicity Kayah people
Native speakers
6,000 (2009) [1]
Thai script
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kjt
Glottolog phra1235

Phrae Pwo, or Northeastern Pwo, is a Karen language spoken in Phrae, Lampang, and Chiang Rai provinces of Thailand. It is not intelligible with other varieties of Pwo, though it is close to Northern Pwo.

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References

  1. Phrae Pwo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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