Geko Karen

Geko
Native to Burma
Ethnicity Kayan
Native speakers
(17,000 Geko (2010); 7,300 Yinbaw cited 1983)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
ghk  Geko
kvu  Yinbaw
Glottolog geko1235  (Geko)[2]
yinb1236  (Yinbaw)[3]

Geko is a Karen language of Burma. Yinbaw is reportedly a variety. Speakers of Geko and Yinbaw are ethnically Kayan, as are speakers of Lahta and Padaung.

Distribution

Yinbaw (population 7,300 as of 1983) is spoken in eastern Shan State and Kayah State.

Dialects

References

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


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