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A free home for a language fading between generations.
Sgaw Karen is the mother tongue of over a million people, carried out of Myanmar and the border camps into a diaspora whose children now grow up speaking English first. Knyaw teaches them to read and understand their own language — free, with no ads and no paywall, built with the community.
2,113words gathered from dictionaries across the web
40hand-picked, multi-source words ready to learn now
5reading lessons live, with more on the way
The approach
- Reading first: meaning and script, the part text can teach honestly.
- Romanization as a scaffold that fades into the real Karen script.
- Every word native-speaker verified before it goes live.
- Honest about tone: pronunciation needs native audio, which comes later.
Where donations go
- Native-speaker content review and, later, audio recordings.
- Hosting and keeping the platform free for everyone.
- Community outreach across the Karen diaspora.
- Never a paywall — donations and grants only.
Help keep it readable.
Give once, or become a monthly supporter. Either way it funds content review and free hosting, and keeps Knyaw free for the whole community. Supporting is optional — the app is free for everyone, always.
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