Western Kayah

Karenic language
Language language Q12952596
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Western Kayah

Summary

Western Kayah is a language[1].

Key Facts

  • Western Kayah is in the country of Myanmar[2].
  • Western Kayah's instance of is recorded as language[3].
  • Western Kayah's instance of is recorded as modern language[4].
  • Western Kayah's writing system is recorded as Kayah Li[5].
  • Western Kayah's writing system is recorded as Latin script[6].
  • Western Kayah's writing system is recorded as Burmese alphabet[7].
  • Western Kayah is part of Red Karen[8].
  • Western Kayah's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Western Kayah language[9].
  • Western Kayah's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+150000'}[10].
  • Western Kayah's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2000'}[11].
  • Western Kayah's indigenous to is recorded as Kayah State[12].
  • Western Kayah's indigenous to is recorded as Kayin State[13].
  • Western Kayah's indigenous to is recorded as Shan State[14].
  • Western Kayah's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KYU[15].
  • Western Kayah's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Ethnologue: Languages of Asia, Twenty-First Edition. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Ethnologue: Languages of Asia, Twenty-First Edition. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Ethnologue: Languages of Asia, Twenty-First Edition. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Ethnologue: Languages of Asia, Twenty-First Edition. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Ethnologue: Languages of Asia, Twenty-First Edition. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . Ethnologue: Languages of Asia, Twenty-First Edition. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ethnologue.com language code kyu
    Ietf language tag kyu
    Exact match http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KY
    Instance of language, modern language
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