Alternate Names: Phlong
Dialects: Mae Ping, Mae Sarieng, Omkoi (Hod). Dialects mutually intelligible. Pwo Karen of Phrae ,, Kanchanaburi, and Hua Hin are not intelligible with these. Lexical similarity: 87% with Phrae Province Pwo Karen , of Thailand, 68%–73% with other Pwo Karen.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 60,000 (1983 SIL).
Language Use: Little knowledge of Thai [tha] in Hot to Mae Sarieng area.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2002.
Typology: SVO.
Writing System: Thai
Nation of Origin: Thailand
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.