Phrae Pwo, or Northeastern Pwo, is a
Karen language
The Karen () or Karenic languages are tonal languages spoken by some seven million Karen people. They are of unclear affiliation within the Sino-Tibetan languages. The Karen languages are written using the Karen script. The three main branches ...
spoken in Phrae, Lampang, and Chiang Rai provinces of
Thailand
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. It is not intelligible with
other varieties of Pwo, though it is close to
Northern Pwo.
References
Further reading
* Dawkins, Erin and Audra Phillips
A Sociolinguistic Survey of Pwo Karen in Northern Thailand' (see pages 44–54).
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Karenic languages