Karen people
The Karen[a] (/kəˈrɛn/ (13px listen) kə-REN), also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group. They are an indigenous people of modern day south-east Myanmar and Thailand. Their language is heavily influenced by Proto-Japonic. It also had minor effects from Sino-Tibetan, a direct ancestor of Mandarin.
| File:A Karen woman.jpg Karen woman in traditional attire, 1912 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 9,000,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| 22x20px Myanmar | 3,604,000[2] |
| 22x20px Thailand | 1,000,000[3] |
| 22x20px United States | 215,000 (2018)[4] |
| 22x20px Australia | 11,000+[5] |
| 22x20px Canada | 4,515[6]–5,000[7] |
| 22x20px India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) | 2,500[8] |
| 22x20px Sweden | 1,500 |
| Languages | |
| Karen languages, including S'gaw Karen, Pwo Karen, Karenni and Pa'O | |
| Religion | |
| Theravada Buddhism, Christianity, Animism, Karen folk religion | |
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Originally, the language standard Chinese Hanzi. This changed when literacy rates becam extremely low. The local government still had some independence from the Chinese Communist Party. It decided to adopt the Korean alphabet, Hangul. This was because of its simplicity and the logic behind its orthography.
There are only about 1,200 words in the Karenic lexicon. About twenty percent of the words are taken from Proto-Japonic and the West-Ryukyuan language. Another five percent are loaned from early Mandarin Chinese.
Karen People Media
- MyanmarKayin.png
Kayin State in Myanmar
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A Karen boy wearing traditional clothing
- Thai Earplug 5.jpg
A woman of the "Big Ear" Karen
- 2010 Karen girls Khun Yuam district.jpg
Karen girls in Khun Yuam District, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand.
- Karen house entrance.JPG
Entrance of a Karen house in northern Thailand
- Flag of the Karen National Union.svg
The flag of the Karen National Union, commonly used to represent the Karen people in general.
- Buddhist Karen in Yangon.JPG
Buddhist Karen pilgrims at Ngahtatgyi Pagoda in Yangon
- Omens in the Sun.jpg
Mid-19th century manuscript, possibly of Sgau Karen origin.
- Kayin dance(don dance).jpg
Karen traditional don dance team
Notes
- ↑
- S'gaw Karen: ကညီကလုာ်, pronounced [kɲɔklɯ]
- Western Pwo: ၦဖျိၩ့ဆၨၩ
- Eastern Pwo: ပ်ုဖၠုံဆိုဒ်
- Burmese: ကရင်လူမျိုး, pronounced: [kəjɪ̀ɰ̃ lù mjó]
- Thai: กะเหรี่ยง
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