5-688: Non-state opponents The Pa-O National Army ( Pa'o Karen : ပအိုဝ်ႏစွိုးခွိုꩻတပ်မတောႏ , Burmese : ပအိုဝ်းအမျိုးသားတပ်မတော် ; abbreviated PNA ) is a Pa-O state sponsored militia in Myanmar (Burma). It was established in 1949 and is the armed wing of the Pa-O National Organisation . The PNA protects the PNO-governed Pa-O Self-Administered Zone , which consists of three townships in southern Shan State : Hopong , Hsi Hseng , and Pinlaung townships. The PNA signed
10-520: A ceasefire agreement with the then ruling State Peace and Development Council on 11 April 1991 and reformed itself as a people's militia force. It merged with other Pa-O paramilitary groups on 9 December 2009. Following the military coup d'état on 1 February 2021 , there have been reports of PNA forcibly recruiting locals, extorting money and conducting joint operations with the Burmese military against resistance groups. An outpost occupied by allied forces of
15-551: Is a Karen language spoken by close to 900,000 Pa'O people in Myanmar. The language is primarily written using a Burmese script alphabet devised by Christian missionaries, and many of the materials now available for it on the Internet derive from Christian missionary involvement, although most of the Pa'O are generally reported to be Buddhists (without real statistics, etc.). The language
20-424: Is also referred to by the exonyms "Black Karen" and "White Karen", both of which are terms used in contrast to " Red Karen " (Karenni), also of Myanmar. Dialects include Taunggyi and Thaton . The following displays the phonological features of the Pa'O (Taungthu) language: This Sino-Tibetan languages -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Myanmar -related article
25-598: The Burmese military and PNA in Nyaung Shwe Township, southern Shan State was seized by a joint force of Pekon People's Defence Force and Karenni Nationalities Defence Force in May 2022. This article about an organisation in Myanmar is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pa%27o Karen language The Pa'O language (also spelled Pa-O or Pa-oh ; Pa'o Karen : ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ , listen ); Burmese : ပအိုဝ်းဘာသာ ), sometimes called Taungthu ,
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