Karen: Sgaw Bible History (1) 
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Karen: Sgaw...
"The Sgaw, who refer to themselves as ‘Kanyaw’, are the largest
of the Karen groups. They number more than half a million in
Burma, where they live both in the lowlands of the Irrawaddy
Delta and Tenasserim and in the hill areas of the Pegu Range.
There are also 50,000 Sgaw Karens in Thailand, where they are
known as Yang Khao, meaning White Karen. Burmese histori-
ans claim that inscriptions suggest the existence of Sgaw Karens
in Lower Burma since the 13th century. The Paku are a closely
related group."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only]**File: Karen: Sgaw Bible History (3)--1860 S. Bagster [Info only]
"Reduced
to written form by Jonathan Wade, of the American Baptist My.
Union, about 1830, using the Burmese characters with new values and
some diacritical marks. First publication, the New Testament in
1843 at Tavoy by the American and Foreign Bible Society; tr. by Fran-
cis Mason, Mr. Wade and San Quala, a native Christian. Bible,
1853. Other versions of note: Revised version: St. Luke’s Gospels and
1 Peter, ABMU, Rangoon, 1874; revised by E. B. Cross; New Testa-
ment, 1880; Bible, 1896."--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only]
"1839? John 1843 New Testament 1848 Genesis
1849 Psalms 1853 Bible American and Foreign BS, Tavoy
Translated by Francis Mason, American Baptist My. Union,
with the assistance of his colleagues J. Wade and J. H. Vinton, and
Saw Kwala, a Karen."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only]KAREN: Sgau dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only: Burmese characters "1937" John 3:15-23 unknown.]
--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only: BURMESE CHARACTER "1937" Mark 1:2 unknown.]
"1967 Mark Thai Bible House, Bangkok
A new popular translation by Benny Gyaw and a committee of Sgaw
Karens."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only: ?]**File: Karen Critical Text History
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