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Northern Pwo language

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Native to
  
Thailand

Native speakers
  
(60,000 cited 1983)

Glottolog
  
pwon1235

Ethnicity
  
Kayah people

ISO 639-3
  
pww

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Karen languages Pwo Northern Pwo

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.

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.

    • References

    Northern Pwo language Wikipedia
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