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“to bark” in Sgaw Karen

မီၤ

māw

to bark

“to bark” is written မီၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as māw. 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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ချိၢ်ပလ့ၤတဲဆၢအီၤ ဟဲက့ၤမၤကွၢ်လၢမုၢ်အိၣ်ဘှံးနံၤမီၤ

The snail said, "Come and see on Sunday."

from “The Race”

စိးဝၥ်ဃးကိး ကါ ကါ သ့... တၢၢ်အ့ၣ်တၢ်သ့... ထွံၣ်မီၤတၢ်သ့!

Crows can caw... ants can bite... dogs can bark!

from “Can and Can't”

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