Western Pwo language

Western Pwo
Delta Pwo
Native to	Burma
Region	Irrawaddy Delta
Ethnicity	Kayah people
Native speakers	(undated figure of 210,000)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Karen languages Pwo Western Pwo
Writing system	Burmese
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`pwo`
Glottolog	`pwow1235`^[2]

Western Pwo, or Delta Pwo, is a Karen language of Burma. It is not intelligible with other varieties of Pwo. There is little dialectal variation.

Distribution

Ayeyarwady Region: Einmeh, Maubin, Pathein, Twante, others
Bago Region: including Kyonpyaw and Hinthada towns

References

↑ Western Pwo at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Pwo Western Karen". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Myanmar

Official language

Burmese

Indigenous languages
(by state or region)

Chin	Anu-Hkongso Asho Bawm Bualkhaw Chinbon Daai Falam Haka Kaang Khumi Lautu Long Phuri Mara Matu Mizo Müün Ngawn Rawngtu Senthang Siyin Songlai Sumtu Tawr Tedim Thado Thaiphum Zo Zotung Zyphe

Kachin	Achang Anong Drung Hpon Jingpho Khamti Lashi Lhao Vo Lisu Nusu Rawang Rumai Tai Laing Zaiwa

Kayah	Kayaw Manumanaw Yintale

Kayin	Bwe Geba Geko Mobwa Paku Eastern Pwo Western Pwo S’gaw

Magway	Rungtu

Mon	Mon

Rakhine	Chak Chakma Laitu Mro-Khimi Mru Rakhine Rohingya

Sagaing	Akyaung Ari Anal Kadu Kanan Khiamniungan Koki Konyak Kyan-Karyaw Lao Leinong Makuri Makyan Para Ponyo-Gongwang Tangkhul Tase Taman

Shan	Akeu Akha Blang Danau Danu Hmong Njua Intha Kayan Khün Lahta Lahu Lahu Shi Lü Pa’o Pyen Riang Shwe Samtao Shan Tai Loi Tai Nüa Taungyo Wa Yinbaw Yinchia Zayein

Tanintharyi	Moken S’gaw Tavoyan

Sign languages

Burmese sign language

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