Pa'O language

Pa'O (also spelled Pa-O and Pa-oh; Burmese: ပအိုဝ်ႏ), sometimes called Taungthu, is a Karen language spoken by half a million Pa'O people in Myanmar.

Not to be confused with other similarly named languages.

Pa'O
Pa'O Karen
Native toMyanmar
EthnicityPa'O people
Native speakers
(560,000 cited 1983)[1]
Burmese script (Pa'O alphabet)
Karen Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3blk
Glottologpaok1235

The language is primarily written using a system of phonetics devised by Christian missionaries,[2][3] and many of the materials now available for it on the internet derive from Christian missionary involvement, although the majority of the Pa'O are generally reported to be Buddhists (without real statistics, etc.).

The language is also referred to by the exonyms "Black Karen" and "White Karen", both of which are terms used in contrast to "Red Karen" (Karenni), also of Myanmar.

Dialects include Taunggyi and Kokareit.[4]

References
  1. Pa'O at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. "Pa-oh ပအိုဝ်း - Word List". Language Documentation Training Center. 3 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. "Pa-oh ပအိုဝ်း - Writing System". Language Documentation Training Center. 9 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. Shintani, Tadahiko. 2020. The The Pao language: its Taunggyi and Kokareit dialects. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 131. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).


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