Northern Pwo language

Summary

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.

Northern Pwo
Native toThailand
EthnicityKayah people
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1983)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pww
Glottologpwon1235

Distribution edit

  • 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.

References edit

  1. ^ Northern Pwo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)  

Sources edit

  • Phillips, Audra. 2009. Lexical Similarity in Pwo Karen. In PYU Working Papers in Linguistics 5, Audra Phillips (ed.). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University Linguistics Department.