Western Pwo language

Western Pwo
ဖျိၩ့, ဖျိၩ့ၡိ, အနောက်ပိုးကရင်
Native to	Myanmar
Region	Irrawaddy Delta
Ethnicity	Karen people
Native speakers	(undated figure of 210,000)
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

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular/ Glottal
Nasal		m		n		ɲ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d̪	d	dʑ		ɡ
	breathy	bʱ		dʱ	dʑʱ		ɡʱ
	voiceless	p		t				ʔ
	implosive	(ɓ)		(ɗ)
Fricative	voiced				ʑ		ɣ	ɦ
	voiceless						x	χ
Trill				r
Approximant	central	w				j
	lateral			l

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
High	i	y	ɨ	u
Near-high	ɪ			ʊ
High-mid	e	ø		o
Low-mid	ɛ			ɔ
Low			a