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Where is Western Kayah spoken?

Western Kayah is a Sino-Tibetan language, spoken in Myanmar and Thailand. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

Atlantic-Congo
Austronesian
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Otomanguean
Austroasiatic
Tai-Kadai
Pama-Nyungan

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Where Western Kayah is spoken

Western Kayah is spoken in 2 countries: Myanmar and Thailand.

Country
Myanmar
Thailand

Western Kayah has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Western Kayah?

Wikidata has only a figure for one place or one part of the language, so no total is given here.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Western Kayah sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Western Kayah as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Sino-Tibetan
Karenic
Central Karen
Kayah-Yintale
Kayah
Western Kayah

Related languages

Other languages in the Kayah group:

Eastern Kayah

More about Western Kayah

Codes: ISO 639-3 kyu, Glottolog west2409. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.

Questions about Western Kayah

Where is Western Kayah spoken?

Western Kayah is spoken in Myanmar and Thailand. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Western Kayah in?

Glottolog places Western Kayah in the Sino-Tibetan family, in the branch Karenic, Central Karen, Kayah-Yintale and Kayah.