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.
| Northern Pwo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Thailand |
| Ethnicity | Kayah people |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1983)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Thai script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pww |
| Glottolog | pwon1235 |
Writing system
edit| Consonant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ป | ต | จ | ก | อ | บ | ด | พ | ท | ช | ค | ฟ | ซ | ซย | ฆ | ฮ | ณ | ม | น | นย | ง | ย | ว | ล | ร | ||||||||||
| p | t | ȶ | k | ʔ | b | d | pʰ | tʰ | ȶʰ | kʰ | f | s | ɕ | x | h | ɰ | m | n | ȵ | ŋ | j | w | l | r | ||||||||||
| Vowel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ี | เ- | แ- | ืฮ | เ-อ | -า | ู | โ- | -อ | ไ- | ีง | เ-ง | ืง | เิง | -าง | ูง | -อง | ิ | เ-ะ | แ-ะ | -ะ | ุ | โ-ะ | เ-าะ | ไ-ะ | ึ | เ-า | ||||||||
| i | e | ɛ | ɨ | ə | a | u | o | ɔ | ai | ĩ | ẽ | ɨ̃ | ə̃ | ã | ũ | ɔ̃ | i' | e' | ɛ' | a' | u' | o' | ɔ' | ai' | aɨ' | au' | ||||||||
Tones: ่, ้, ๊.
Distribution
edit- Chiang Mai, Lamphun, and Tak provinces
- Mae Hong Son province (15–25 villages): Mae Sarieng town, Mae Ngaw along Salween river, from Hot to Mae Sarieng.
References
edit- ↑ Northern Pwo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Sources
edit- Phillips, Audra. 2009. Lexical Similarity in Pwo Karen. In PYU Working Papers in Linguistics 5, Audra Phillips (ed.). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University Linguistics Department.