ISO 639-3 · blkblk
Sino-Tibetan family
Pa'O
Pa'O is a language of the Karenic branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in Myanmar and Thailand. Wikidata counts about 860,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar and Thailand”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
blk- Glottocode
paok1235- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- 21.50, 98.00
- Wikipedia
- 19 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Pa'O |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pa'O people, Pa'O language, blk |
| All speakers | 860,000 |
| Written in | Mon–Burmese script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Pa'O
The branches above Pa'O, 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