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Western Kayah (Speech variety #404)

Speech Variety Code:#404
Speech Variety Name:Western Kayah
Status:Verified
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code:00404
ISO 639-3 Language Code:kyu
ISO 639-3 Language Name: Western Kayah
ISO Macrolanguage Name: 
Ethnologue 16th Edition Code:kyu
Ethnologue 16th Edition Name:Kayah, Western
GRN Name:Kayah, Western
Number of speakers:
Other Information:Close to Bwe Karen; Roman Catholic, Protestant, translation in progress.
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Alternate names for Western Kayah

Karenni
Karennyi
Karieng Daeng
Kayah
Kayah Li
Kayay
Red Karen
Yang Daeng

Where Western Kayah is spoken

Myanmar (Burma)
Thailand

Related speech varieties

There are 3 similar speech varieties that share the same ISO 639-3 language code:

Kayah, Western: Kangan

Kayah, Western: Kayan

Kayah, Western: Kayaw

If you have more information about the Western Kayah language, please contact the ROD Steward.