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.
| 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 |
References
edit- ^ Phrae Pwo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Further reading
edit- Dawkins, Erin and Audra Phillips A Sociolinguistic Survey of Pwo Karen in Northern Thailand (see pages 44–54).