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Northern Pwo language information


Northern Pwo
Native toThailand
EthnicityKayah people
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1983)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • (Tibeto-Burman)
    • Karen languages
      • Pwo
        • Northern Pwo
Language codes
ISO 639-3pww
Glottologpwon1235

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.

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