“(classifier for people)” in Sgaw Karen
ဂၤ
ghā
(classifier for people)
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“(classifier for people)” is written ဂၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ghā. 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.
This word in a story
ပှၤဒီသကီးသၢဂၤဒီးလိးတီငါက့ၤဆူဟံၣ်
The three friends went home in a taxi.
from “Goat, Dog, Cow, and TV” →ပှၤအါဂၤကိးဃါဝဲယၤ"လဲၤကွံၥ်မ့ၢ်ယံၤ ထိၣ်ကလုၢ်ဒိၣ်ဧၢ"
Some people shout at me, "Go away, you noisy bird."
from “Noisy Crows” →