Kayaw language
Karen language spoken in Burma
title: "Kayaw language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["karenic-languages"] description: "Karen language spoken in Burma" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayaw_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Karen language spoken in Burma ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kayaw |
| nativename | Brek |
| states | Myanmar |
| ethnicity | Bwe people |
| speakers | 17,000 |
| date | 1983 census |
| ref | e18 |
| familycolor | Sino-Tibetan |
| fam2 | (Tibeto-Burman) |
| fam3 | Karen languages |
| fam4 | Sgaw–Bghai |
| iso3 | kvl |
| glotto | brek1238 |
| glottorefname | Brek Karen |
| :: |
|name=Kayaw |nativename=Brek |states=Myanmar |region= |ethnicity=Bwe people |speakers=17,000 |date=1983 census |ref=e18 |familycolor=Sino-Tibetan |fam2=(Tibeto-Burman) |fam3=Karen languages |fam4=Sgaw–Bghai |iso3=kvl |glotto=brek1238 |glottorefname=Brek Karen
Brek, also known as Brek Karen, Bre, and Kayaw, is a Karen language of Burma.
Distribution
- eastern Kayah State (30 villages)
- northeastern Kayin State: Yado area
- southern Shan State: Pekon township
Dialects
- Bwe-Kayaw
- Upper Kayaw (standardized variety used for literature)
- Lower Kayaw
Writing system
::data[format=table title="Kayaw alphabet{{sfn|Kayaw Ethnic Literature and Cultural Central Committee|SIL International|2017}}"]
| Majuscules | Minuscules |
|---|---|
| A | Ǎ |
| a | ǎ |
| :: |
References
Works cited
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