Language code: kar
Technical information about ISO 639 language code kar
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The table below provides technical details for the Karen languages language, designated by the kar code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Karen languages |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Sgaw KarenEastern Pwo KarenWestern Pwo KarenPa’O (Taungthu)Kayah (Red Karen)Bwe KarenGeba Karen |
| Related languages | BurmeseLisuLahuJingpho (Kachin)Yi (Nuosu) |
| Key facts | Karen languages form a distinct branch of the Sino-Tibetan familythey are tonal and use three to six contrastive tones depending on the varietyunlike most Sino-Tibetan tongues they favor Subject-Verb-Object word orderseveral Karen orthographies exist, including Burmese-based, Latin-based and indigenous scripts such as Kayah Licenturies of contact have left heavy lexical influence from Mon and Burmese. |
| Sample phrase | မ့းလၢာ၊ နၤအခၣ်ယံၤလါ? |
| Character encodings | |
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The Karen languages language, identified by the code kar, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.
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