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Karenic languages

The Karen (/kəˈrɛn/)[2] or Karenic languages are tonal languages spoken by some 4.5 million Karen people.[1] They are of unclear affiliation within the Sino-Tibetan languages.[3] The Karen languages are written using the Karen script.[4] The three main branches are Sgaw (commonly known as Karen), Pwo and Pa'O. Karenni (also known as Kayah or Red Karen) and Kayan (also known as Padaung) are a branch of Karen languages. They are unusual among the Sino-Tibetan languages in having a subject–verb–object word order; other than Karen, Bai and the Chinese languages, Sino-Tibetan languages have a subject–object–verb order.[5] This is likely due to influence from neighboring Mon and Tai languages.[6]

"Karen languages" redirects here. For other uses, see Karen.

Karenic

South-eastern Myanmar, Western Thailand

4.5 million (2017)[1]

Pa’o

Kayan

Western Kayah

Sgaw

George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.

Dawkins, Erin and Audra Phillips (2009) Chiang Mai: Payap University.

A Sociolinguistic Survey of Pwo Karen in Northern Thailand

Dawkins, Erin and Audra Phillips (2009) . Chiang Mai: Payap University.

An investigation of intelligibility between West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen and Northern Pwo Karen

Manson, Ken. 2010.

A bibliography of Karen linguistics

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Reconstructions


Vocabulary lists

Free Anglo-Karen Dictionary

A grammar of the Sgaw Karen

—Online Sgaw Karen language materials. Includes an online English - Sgaw Karen Dictionary.

Drum Publication Group

—Several Karen fonts available for download.

Karen Teacher Working Group

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