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The Karen ,〔Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student's Handbook'', Edinburgh〕 or Karenic, languages are tonal languages spoken by some seven million Karen people. They are of unclear affiliation within the Sino-Tibetan languages. The Karen languages are written using the Burmese script.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Burmese/Myanmar script and pronunciation )〕 The three main branches are Sgaw, Pwo, and Pa'o. Karenni (also known Kayah or Red Karen) and Kayan (also known as Padaung) are related to the Sgaw branch. They are almost unique among the Sino-Tibetan languages in having a subject–verb–object word order; other than Karen, Bai, and the Chinese languages, Sino-Tibetan languages have a subject–object–verb order.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Sino-Tibetan Language Family )〕 This is likely due to influence from neighboring Mon and Tai languages. The Karen languages are also considered unusual for not having any Chinese influence.〔()〕 ==Classification== Because they differ from other Tibeto-Burman languages in morphology and syntax, Benedict (1972: 2–4, 129) removed the Karen languages from Tibeto-Burman in a Tibeto-Karen branch, but this is no longer accepted.〔〔 The internal structure of the family is as follows: *Pa’o *Pwo (Eastern, Western, Northern, Phrae Pwo) *Sgaw–Bghai * *Bghai: Lahta, Padaung (Kayan), Bwe (Bghai), Geko, Geba * *Brek (Bwe) * *Kayah: Eastern Kayah, Western Kayah, Yintale, Manumanaw * *Sgaw: Sgaw, Paku Karen, Mopwa 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karen languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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