Sgaw Karen (ကညီကျိာ် / K'nyaw)
Sgaw Karen is a member of the Karenic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is spoken by about 2 million people in southern Myanmar and northwestern Thailand. In Myanmar it is spoken in Kayin State, and in the regions of Tanintharyi, Ayeyarwady, Yangon and Bago. In Thailand is spoken by about 200,000 people in the provinces of Tak, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Kanchanaburi and Kamphaeng Phet.
Other names for Sgaw Karen include Burmese Karen, Kanyaw, Kayinpyu, Kyetho, Paganyaw, Pchcknya, Pwakenyaw, S'gau, S'gaw, S'gaw Kayin, White Karen or Yang Khao. It is an official language in Kayin State in Myanmar, and is recognised as a minority language in Thailand.
Sgaw Karen is written with the Mon/Burmese alphabet, and can also be written with the Latin alphabet. Some dialects of S'gaw Karen are sufficiently different to be considered separate languages by some: Paku, Mopwa, Wewew and Monnepwa.
Mon alphabet for Sgaw Karen
Hear the Sgaw Karen alphabet
Latin alphabet for S'gaw Karen
Download alphabet charts for S'gaw Karen (Excel)
Details of S'gaw Karen alphabets provided by Wolfram Siegel
Sample text in S'gaw Karen
Sample video in S'gaw Karen
Information about S'gaw Karen | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about the Karen languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S'gaw_Karen_language/a>
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_s'gaw
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ksw
Karen dictionaries
http://sealang.net/karen/dictionary.htm
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks08/0801341p.pdf
A Grammar of S'gaw Karen (PDF)
Type S'gaw Karen online
http://lixwa.com/
Karenic languages
Eastern Pwo Karen, Manumanaw Karen, Northern Pwo, Pa'O, Red Karen (Kayah Li), S'gaw Karen, Western Pwo
Languages written with the Burmese/Mon script
Aiton, Arakanese, Burmese, Eastern Pwo Karen, Jingpho, Khamti, Marma, Palaung, Pa'O, S'gaw Karen, Tai Laing, Tai Phake, Western Pwo
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
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