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“drum” in Sgaw Karen

ဒၢ

duh

drum

“drum” is written ဒၢ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as duh. Knyaw helps you read and understand words, not say them out loud. Karen is a tone language, so the English-letter sounds are only a rough help.

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ကျီၢ် ပှ့ၤတၢ်ဂီၤမူဒၢ

Cow bought a TV.

from “Goat, Dog, Cow, and TV”

တအိၣ်လၢတၢ်ဒၢပူၤဘၣ် တအိၣ်လၢယပုၢ်မုၣ်အဆ့ဖီလၣ်ဘၣ်

Not in the box. Not under my sister's frock.

from “Lost and Found”

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