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Karenic language

Karenic language

9.9
A language spoken by the Karen people in Myanmar and Thailand
  • noun
translation icon : idioma karenico
  • The Karenic language group includes Sgaw and Pwo varieties.

Examples

  • Many refugees continue to speak their native Karenic language after resettling abroad.

  • Many children in Myanmar learn the Karenic languages at school.

  • Linguists have studied how the Karenic language differs from other Tibeto-Burman tongues.

  • The Karenic language family includes several distinct dialects.

  • Many refugees continue to speak their native Karenic language after resettling abroad.

  • The Karenic language group includes Sgaw and Pwo varieties.

  • Linguists have studied how the Karenic language differs from other Tibeto-Burman tongues.

Synonyms

Karenic
vsKarenic language
9.9

A group of languages spoken by the Karen people along the Thailand-Myanmar border

is any such language group spoken by that ethnic group across Myanmar and Thailand
Karen language
vsKarenic language
9.7

A group of related languages spoken by the Karen people in Myanmar and Thailand

is the general term for the whole family rather than one uncertain form
Karen
vsKarenic language
9.9

A language spoken by the Karen people in Thailand and Myanmar

is broader and covers the whole set of related languages rather than one

Surface Forms

Karenic language singular
Karenic languages plural

Morphology

Karenic + language

The phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: a B1 learner who knows 'Karenic' (relating to the Karen people/languages) and 'language' can directly infer it refers to a language of the Karen people. This follows common cross-linguistic noun-modifier patterns and requires no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so the meaning is predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Karenic language comes from the name Karen and the ending -ic, which means 'belonging to'. So it simply names the languages 'of the Karen' and today it means the group of languages spoken by the Karen people in Myanmar and Thailand.