Alternate Names: Mogpha, Mogwa, Monebwa, Monnepwa, Mopaga, Mopha, Pagu, Paku, Thalwepwe
Dialects: Bawgali, Kyauk Gyi, Mawchi, Shwe Kyin. Dialects based on villages: Kyauk Gyi and Shwe Kyin are spoken in east Bago Region, Taungoo District near Kayin State border; Mawchi is spoken in Kayah State; Bawgali is spoken in north Kayin State. Some Paku dialects are reportedly quite similar to S’gaw Karen ,, while others are more similar to Bwe , and Geba ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,300 (1983 census).
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. 5,000 also use S’gaw Karen [ksw]. Also use Burmese [mya].
Language Development: The Paku Karen use S’gaw Karen [ksw] literature and consider it to be their own. S’gaw Karen literacy classes in some Christian communities through the churches.
Typology: SVO.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Myanmar
Other Comments: Christian.