Sino-Tibetan family
Sgaw Karen
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Sgaw Karen (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Sino-Tibetan language. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Tibeto-Burman → Sgaw Karen.
See Sgaw Karen on the interactive map- Speakers
- 2M (2,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- ksw
- Glottocode
- sgaw1245
Largest Karenic language, spoken in Myanmar and Thailand. Karenic has SVO order, unusual in Tibeto-Burman; its position in the family is contested.
Lineage
- Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Tibeto-Burmanc. 2,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Sgaw Karenc. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 6
Also descended from Proto-Tibeto-Burman.