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Bwe, also known as Bwe Karen and Bghai (Baghi), is a Karen language of Burma. It shares 82 to 100% lexical similarity with Geba Karen language.

Distribution

• Kayin State: Thandaung township (about 100 villages)
• Kayah State: Hpruso township
• Bago Region: Taungoo and Hpa-An townships

Dialects

Dialects are Western Bwe Karen and Eastern Bwe Karen. Most comprehend the Western Bwe Karen dialect.

Phonology

• /cʰ/ may be an allophone of /tʰ/, appearing before the vowels /i ɪ/.
• /ʔ/ only appears in the onset when vowels occur word-initially.
• /x/ appears rarely.

• /ə/ only appears in unstressed syllables.

Bwe Karen also has three tones; high, mid, and low.

References

1. Bwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
3. "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
4. "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
5. "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
6. ^ Namkung, Ju (1996). Matisoff, James A. (ed.). "Phonological Inventories of Tibeto-Burman Languages" (PDF). Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Monograph Series (3). University of California, Berkeley.

External links

• Bwe Karen basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

v t e Sino-Tibetan branches
Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)	West Himalayish Tamangic Newaric Newar Baram–Thangmi Kiranti Dhimalish Dhimal Toto Lhokpu Lepcha Greater Magaric Magaric Magar Kham Chepangic Chepang Bhujel Raji–Raute Dura–Tandrange
Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)	Bodish Tibetic East Bodish Tshangla Basum Nam? Gongduk ʼOle Tani Chamdo
Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border	Karbi Kuki-Chin Mruic Mru Hkongso Pyu Taman "Naga" Ao Angami–Pochuri Meitei Tangkhulic Zeme Sal Boro–Garo Konyak Jingpho–Luish
East and Southeast Asia	Sinitic Bai Tujia Nungish Karenic Gong Kathu Cai–Long Caijia Longjia Luren Burmo-Qiangic Qiangic Gyalrongic Ersuic Naic Lolo-Burmese Mondzish Burmish Loloish
Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal)	Hrusish Hruso Mijiic Kho-Bwa Puroik Miju–Meyor Songlin Greater Siangic Siangic Koro Milang Idu–Taraon
Proposed groupings	Central Tibeto-Burman Kuki-Chin–Naga Macro-Bai Mahakiranti Rung Tibeto-Burman Tibeto-Kanauri
Proto-languages	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Proto-Tibeto-Burman Proto-Loloish Proto-Karenic Proto-Min Proto-Hakka
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.

• Karenic languages