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ISO 639-3 · pwopwo
Sino-Tibetan family

Western Pwo

Western Pwo is a language of the Pwo Karen branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in Myanmar.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
pwo
Glottocode
pwow1235
Wikipedia
10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameWestern Pwo
Also calledPwo Western Karen, Western Pwo language

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 level
family tree

From Sino-Tibetan to Western Pwo

The branches above Western Pwo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

289Sino-Tibetanfamily14Karenicbranch4Pwo KarenbranchpwoWestern Pwolanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Myanmar86 languages in the index

Also spoken in Myanmar

thaThaiKra–Dai · 60.7 m1 · NationalmyaBurmeseSino-Tibetan · 42.9 m1 · NationalnepNepaliIndo-European · 24.1 m1 · NationalsylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationkswS'gaw KarenSino-Tibetan · 4 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 Communication