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ISO 639-3 · bwebwe
Sino-Tibetan family
Bwe Karen
Bwe Karen is a language of the Karenic branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in Myanmar. Wikidata counts about 17,200 speakers (1997).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bwe- Glottocode
bwek1238- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bwe Karen |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bwe Karen language |
| All speakers | 17,200 (1997) |
| Written in | Burmese alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Bwe Karen
The branches above Bwe Karen, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Myanmar
thaThaiKra–Dai · 60.7 m1 · NationalmyaBurmeseSino-Tibetan · 42.9 m1 · NationalnepNepaliIndo-European · 24.1 m1 · NationalsylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationshnShanKra–Dai · 3 m3 · Wider CommunicationrhgRohingyaIndo-European · 1.8 m6a · VigorouskhgKhams Tibetanunclassified · 1.5 m6a · VigorousmniMeiteiSino-Tibetan · 1.5 m2 · ProvincialkacJingpoSino-Tibetan · 940,0003 · Wider CommunicationmnwMonAustroasiatic · 850,0005 · Developing