The Pa'O language (also spelled Pa-O or Pa-oh; Pa'o Karen: ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ, listen (help·info)); Burmese: ပအိုဝ်းဘာသာ), sometimes called Taungthu, is a Karen language spoken by one and a half million Pa'O people in Myanmar.

Pa'O
Taungthu
ပအိုဝ်ႏ
Native to	Myanmar
Ethnicity	Pa'O people
Native speakers	1.5 million (2014)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman)? Karenic languages Pa'O
Writing system	Burmese script (Pa'O alphabet) Karen Braille
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Myanmar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	blk
Glottolog	paok1235

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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 most 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]

Phonology

The following displays the phonological features of the Pa'O (Taungthu) language:[5]

Consonants

• /p, t, k, ʔ/ and /m, n, ŋ/ can occur as final consonants. Stops may also be heard as unreleased [p̚, t̚, k̚].

Vowels

References

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[fr] Pa'o (langue)