Sino-Tibetan · ISO 639-3 jkm
Mobwa Karen Language
Mobwa Karen is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by about 2.2 million people in 1 country.
Where Mobwa Karen is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Mobwa Karen
Language family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Karenic
- Central Karen
- Mobwa Karen
About the Mobwa Karen language
Mobwa Karen is spoken by about 2.2 million people, which makes it the 296th most spoken language in the world — just behind Hazaragi (2.2 million) and ahead of Swati (2.1 million). It belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family and, more precisely, to the Central Karen group within the Central Karen branch.
Where is Mobwa Karen spoken?
Mobwa Karen is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Myanmar (2.2 million).
Mobwa Karen is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 jkm.
Frequently asked questions about Mobwa Karen
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.