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RE: [HCDX] Logs - where is Karen?
Here is a little more information I found on the Internet regarding the
SGAW KAREN language
requested by Robert Foxworth:
KAREN, S'GAW: a language of Myanmar ((BURMA))
SIL code: KSW
ISO 639-2: kar
Population: 1,284,700 in Myanmar (1983 estimate).
Population: total both countries 2,000,000 (1990 UBS).
Region: Irrawaddy delta area, Tenasserim, the Pegu range
between the Irrawaddy and Sittang, the eastern hills.
Also spoken in Thailand.
Alternate names: S'GAW, S'GAU, S'GAW KAYIN, KANYAW, PAGANYAW,
PWAKANYAW, WHITE KAREN, BURMESE KAREN,
YANG KHAO, PCHCKNYA, KYETHO
Dialects: PANAPU, PALAKHI (PALACHI).
Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Karen, Sgaw-Bghai, Sgaw.
Comments: Closely related to Paku. SVO. Bible 1853-1995.
Also spoken in: Thailand Language name KAREN, S'GAW
Population: 300,000 in Thailand (1987 E. Hudspith).
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-----Original Message-----
From: hard-core-dx-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:hard-core-dx-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert
Foxworth
Sent: 03 January, 2005 06:35
To: hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HCDX] Logs - where is Karen?
> 9585 13:27 KTWR Guam, IS, ID 13:30, tx, mx. According to WRTH, the
language
> is Sgaw Karen. Where is this language spoken? 29.12.2004 SINPO 35444
> Günter Lorenz, currently near La Spezia, North Italy
> Icom R75, Grahn magnetic loop
>I believe Karen is referring to a region of Myanmar (Burma) where
>there is an indigenous tribe and rebel activity, though I did not
>research it before posting this.
>Bob
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