Bwe Karen language

Not to be confused with Brek language.
Bwe
Bghai
Native to Burma
Ethnicity Bwe people
Native speakers
17,000 (1997)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bwe
Glottolog bwek1238[2]

Bwe, also known as Bwe Karen and Bghai (Baghi), is a Karen language of Burma.

Distribution

Dialects

Dialects are Western Bwe Karen and Eastern Bwe Karen. Most comprehend the Western Bwe Karen dialect.

References

  1. Bwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bwe Karen". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

External links

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