Karen languages

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Karen
Ethnicity:Karen people
Geographic
distribution:
Burma and across the border into Thailand
Linguistic classification:Sino-Tibetan
Subdivisions:
ISO 639-2 and 639-5:kar

The Karen languages are tonal languages spoken by the Karen people, who live in Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. They are part of the Tibeto-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan language family.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla (2003). The Sino-Tibetan Languages. Routledge. ISBN 0700711295.

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