Kayaw language
Brek, also known as Brek Karen, Bwe, and Kayaw, is a Karen language of Burma.
Kayaw | |
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Brek | |
Native to | Burma |
Ethnicity | Bwe people |
Native speakers | (17,000 cited 1983 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kvl |
Glottolog | brek1238 [2] |
Distribution
- eastern Kayah State (30 villages)
- northeastern Kayin State: Yado area
- southern Shan State: Pekon township
Dialects
- Bwe-Kayaw
- Upper Kayaw (standardized variety used for literature)
- Lower Kayaw
References
- Kayaw at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Brek Karen". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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