Northern Pwo language
Karen language of Thailand
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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.
NativetoThailand
EthnicityKayah people
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1983)[1]Sino-Tibetan
-
(Tibeto-Burman)
- Karen languages
- Pwo
- Northern Pwo
- Pwo
- Karen languages
| Northern Pwo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Thailand |
| Ethnicity | Kayah people |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1983)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Thai script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pww |
| Glottolog | pwon1235 |
Writing system
| Consonant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ป | ต | จ | ก | อ | บ | ด | พ | ท | ช | ค | ฟ | ซ | ซย | ฆ | ฮ | ณ | ม | น | นย | ง | ย | ว | ล | ร | ||||||||||
| p | t | ȶ | k | ʔ | b | d | pʰ | tʰ | ȶʰ | kʰ | f | s | ɕ | x | h | ɰ | m | n | ȵ | ŋ | j | w | l | r | ||||||||||
| Vowel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ี | เ- | แ- | ืฮ | เ-อ | -า | ู | โ- | -อ | ไ- | ีง | เ-ง | ืง | เิง | -าง | ูง | -อง | ิ | เ-ะ | แ-ะ | -ะ | ุ | โ-ะ | เ-าะ | ไ-ะ | ึ | เ-า | ||||||||
| i | e | ɛ | ɨ | ə | a | u | o | ɔ | ai | ĩ | ẽ | ɨ̃ | ə̃ | ã | ũ | ɔ̃ | i' | e' | ɛ' | a' | u' | o' | ɔ' | ai' | aɨ' | au' | ||||||||
Tones: ่, ้, ๊.
Distribution
- Chiang Mai, Lamphun, and Tak provinces
- Mae Hong Son province (15–25 villages): Mae Sarieng town, Mae Ngaw along Salween river, from Hot to Mae Sarieng.
