Alternate Names: Northeastern Pwo Karen, Phrae, Prae, Pwo Phrae
Dialects: None known. Not intelligible with other Pwo Karen languages. Lexical similarity: 87% with Northern Pwo Karen , of Thailand, 67%–71% with other Pwo Karen varieties.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 6,000 (Dawkins and Phillips 2009).
Language Use: Also use Northern Thai [nod], S’gaw Karen [ksw].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.
Writing System: Thai
Nation of Origin: Thailand