Pwo Karen

E680704

Pwo Karen is a major Karen ethnic group and language community of Myanmar and Thailand, known for its distinct Karenic language varieties and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pwo Karen canonical 13
Kanchanaburi Pwo Karen 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
language community ⓘ
ethnicityIn Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice oral storytelling ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity handicrafts ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
wet-rice farming ⓘ
hasKinshipSystem bilateral kinship ⓘ
hasLanguageVariety Eastern Pwo Karen ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Pwo

Northern Pwo Karen ⓘ
linked to: Northern Pwo

Southern Pwo Karen ⓘ
Western Pwo Karen ⓘ
linked to: Pwo Karen language
hasOralLiterature folktales ⓘ
ritual chants ⓘ
songs ⓘ
hasReligion Animism ⓘ
Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
hasScript Burmese script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
hasSocialStructure village-based communities ⓘ
hasTraditionalDress handwoven tunics ⓘ
striped woven cloth ⓘ
hasTraditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
vulnerable language ⓘ
locatedInRegion Kanchanaburi Province ⓘ
Karen State ⓘ
Lower Myanmar ⓘ
Mon State ⓘ
Ratchaburi Province ⓘ
Tak Province ⓘ
Tanintharyi Region ⓘ
Western Thailand ⓘ
partOf Karen ethnic groups ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Pa-O people ⓘ
Sgaw Karen ⓘ
relatedLanguage Sgaw Karen language ⓘ
speaks Pwo Karen language ⓘ
subgroupOf Karen people ⓘ
usesLanguageFamily Karenic languages ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karenic languages → hasSubgroup → Pwo Karen ⓘ
Pwo Karen language → subgroup → Pwo Karen ⓘ
Pwo Karen language → hasDialect → Kanchanaburi Pwo Karen ⓘ
linked to: Pwo Karen
Karen Americans → language → Pwo Karen ⓘ
Karen peoples → hasSubgroup → Pwo Karen ⓘ
Skaw Karen → closelyRelatedTo → Pwo Karen ⓘ
Bwe Karen → relatedEthnicGroup → Pwo Karen ⓘ
Western Pwo → languageGroup → Pwo Karen ⓘ
Western Pwo → ethnicGroup → Pwo Karen ⓘ
Northern Pwo → ethnicGroup → Pwo Karen ⓘ
Karen people → language → Pwo Karen ⓘ
subject linked to: Karen (Kayin)
Karen people → hasSubgroup → Pwo Karen ⓘ
subject linked to: Karen (Kayin)