Western Pwo language

Western Pwo
	ဖျိၩ့, ဖျိၩ့ၡိ
	အနောက်ပိုးကရင်
Native to	Burma
Region	Irrawaddy Delta
Ethnicity	Karen 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

Western Pwo, or Delta Pwo, is a Karen language of Burma with 210,000 estimated speakers. It is not intelligible with other varieties of Pwo. There is little dialectal variation.

Distribution

Ayeyarwady Region: Einme, Maubin, Pathein, Twante, Kyonpyaw and Hinthada towns

References

Western Pwo at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)

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[e15-1] Western Pwo at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)