Alternate Names: Kaw
Dialects: Ban Dong, Ban Sakoen. Ban Dong and Ban Sakoen Mpi are mutually intelligible (based on self-report of Ban Dong and Ban Sakoen residents). Lexical similarity: 86% between Ban Dong and Ban Sakoen dialects.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 900 (Nahhas 2007), decreasing. Ethnic population: 1,500 (Nahhas 2007).
Language Use: Children not speaking the language much. In one village only very old people spoke the language and in the other it was reported that only people over 40 spoke the language. Also use Northern Thai [nod], Thai [tha].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Thai
Nation of Origin: Thailand
Other Comments: Kaw is used in Ban Sakoen. Possibly some in China who refer to their language as Pu Kaw. Buddhist.