S’gaw Karen

Alternate Names

Karen (S’gaw), Burmese Karen, Kanyaw, Kayinpyu, Kyetho, Paganyaw, Pchcknya, Pwakanyaw, S’gau, S’gaw, S’gaw Kayin, White Karen, Yang Khao

Identifiers
ISO code

ksw

 Glottocode

sgaw1245
Metadata
Countries of origin

Myanmar

Also spoken in

Myanmar

Writing systems

Myanmar (Burmese)

Linguistic genealogy

Sino-Tibetan

EGIDS Status

3 - Wider communication

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