The Sound of the Eastern Sgaw Karen language (Numbers, Greetings, Words & Sample Text)

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S'gaw Karen language (ကညီကျိာ်, K'nyaw)
Native to: Myanmar, Thailand
Region: Kayin State, Myanmar, Thailand, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Ethnicity: Karen
Native speakers: 3 million (2014)
Language family: Sino-Tibetan
This video represents the Eastern Sgaw dialect of the Sgaw Karen language spoken primarily in Hpa-an and Dooplaya region of Karen state Myanmar, and Tak province Thailand. The tones are quite different from other Sgaw dialects.
The Latinised script I have decided to use is called the Roman script (lix Romeij) which represents how Sgaw Karen looks and sounds in the latin script, although this script is based of Sgaw dialects from northern Thailand and used by Christians in that region. The Burman Sgaw Karen script that I have also used, called T'la nya however depicts the most accurate spelling for eastern Sgaw used by Sgaw Buddhists in southeast Myanmar. -Harry Po
is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the S'gaw Karen people of Myanmar and Thailand. A Karenic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, S'gaw Karen is spoken by over 2 million people in Tanintharyi Region, Ayeyarwady Region, Yangon Region, and Bago Region in Myanmar, and about 1 million in northern and western Thailand along the border near Kayin State. It is written using the S'gaw Karen alphabet, derived from the Burmese script, although a Latin-based script is also in use among the S'gaw Karen in northwestern Thailand.
Various divergent dialects are sometimes seen as separate languages: Paku in the northeast, Mopwa (Mobwa) in the northwest, Wewew, and Monnepw
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[@sunduncan1151]

Finally! I’m waiting for this for so long time. Thank you. I know Sgaw Karen a little. With simple phonology and grammar, Sgaw Karen is considered to be the easiest hill tribal language for Thai speakers. It’s spoken in mountanous area in northern and western Thailand and Kayin state of Myanmar. There are many writing systems invented to write Sgaw Karen. In Thailand, 3 writing systems are used: 1. White alphabet (Lix Wa), Burmese-based script just like in this video but with slightly different symbols and spellings. This is widespread script among Sgaw Karen community in Thailand. 2. Roman alphabet (Lix Romei), invented by missionaries in Burma hundred years ago. It’s widely used among Christian Karen communities in northern Thailand. It uses 5 alphabets at end of each syllables to represent all 6 tones instead of diacritics: -j, -x, -f, -v, -z, for example “pgaz k’nyau cgauz” 3. Thai alphabet (Lix Cauf Taif), promoted by some scholars in school for Karen youths who are mostly bilingual in both Karen and Thai so that they can learn their native language together with Thai easily. Another interesting Karen writing system I’m learning is called “Lix Kwaij Kau” or “Lix Hsau Waiv” (Chicken-Scratched script). This is not used in Thailand but small area in Myanmar. It’s retold by Karen that it’s their indegenous script mentioned in Karen mythology but actually derived from Mon with totally different writing method: Each syllable is written in block like Korean and Chinese. It looks like Chinese but actually the script belongs Indic family. I think this is very cool. This rare script is also used in Pwo Karen, another Karenic language in Myanmar and Thailand.

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Finally I've been waiting for this, thanks!

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The community center I intern at has a lot of Sgaw Karen children here, so this is very helpful (even though they speak English, but I love to know of the language of others.) Thank you!

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Just learned of these people. Thank you for helping me hear what this language sounds like. 💙

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i thank the person that make this video showing my people language to all different kind of people threw this video

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Thank you very much! I really love Karen people! Their language is really different from Burmese too!

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As A Karen-American Person I know what he’s saying.

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I am a burmese guy who used to go to a school with a lot of Karen people, and I did not understand when they spoke Karen to each other

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despite this being one of my native languages i realize that my family speaks a completely different dialect and jesus damn

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1:03 This is my natural reaction to snakes as well. 😆 Very interesting language, than you!

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The script is fascinating. To my ear the language it sounds Asian maybe related to Vietnamese and Thai.

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this is my native language and I’m trying to learn it

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First! And that's the language i wanted to translate.

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S'gaw Karén is a vibe

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The writing here looks different from the one I’ve usually seen.

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I Guess We Know The Language Of The Karens Now! :)

[@petesom1778]

You got it wrong. Read her description properly Karen from Myammar has nothing to do with Karen from english language. It was written "Karen" but actually pronounced as "kayin" in Myanmar. No that "Karen" like Amy from Kitchen Nightmares.

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@@petesom1778 Lol he may have said it as a pun you know.

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"Karen" is an ethnic group in Myanmar. Along with Arakanese,Mon,Bamar

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LOVE THIS VIDEO! I'm looking for sound samples of various Burmese languages, and this is one of the best videos for a Burmese language I have found. Do you know of any other great resources I could check out?

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In USA this video is giving Karen a good name 😂😂

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Wow it's so good

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Omg this is the same Karen tribe mentioned in Amy Tan's novel. All this time I had thought it was a joke name.

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can Burmese speaking man understand Karen?

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Answer is no

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Nope ! It’s really different with Burmese language ....

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We understand the numbers and what is your name is also same! may b 10% understand since our language are all Tibeto-Burman!

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👍👍👍

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*insert Karen joke comment there*

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Most people will not get it!

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I actually read "swag karen"

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I need to invent my own language lol

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How would the grammar be? Simple like Chinese, or ludicrous like Navajo? lol

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Karen greetings

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Jai Bunam'Nil?

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Why does this look georgian?

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I’ve also seen this language referred to as Kayin or Kayen.

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Some words are not Karen word. It’s mixing with Burmese language.

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Fast . Very fast .... slow by slow please

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i can talk it but not write it

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what did you say?

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ား သး လွီသ် တဆီ

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Wayyy to fast. Need to slow down the pronunciations.

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I tho there were right "Swag Karen"

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Sounds like Laos and Chinese mixed