Karenni people

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Karenni

ꤊꤢ꤬ꤛꤢ꤭ꤜꤟꤤ꤬-ꤖꤢꤨ
Figurines representing the nine Karenni subgroups
Total population
c. 358,000 (est.)
Regions with significant populations
Myanmar and Thailand
Languages
Karenni
Religion
Christianity (Baptists, Roman Catholic and Seventh-day Adventists), Folk religion, Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Karen people, Pa'O people

The Karenni (Burmese: ကရင်နီ, lit. 'red Karen'), also known as the Kayah (Burmese: ကယားလူမျိုး) or Kayah Li (Karenni: ꤊꤢ꤬ꤛꤢ꤭ꤜꤟꤤ꤬), are a Karen people native to the Kayah State of Myanmar (Burma).

According to a 1983 census, the Karenni consist of the following groups: Kayah, Geko (Kayan Ka Khaung, Gekho, Kayan Kadao), Geba (Kayan Gebar, Gaybar), Lahwi (Kayan Lahwi), Bre, Manu-Manau (Kayan Manumanao), Yintale, Yinbaw kayan kangan, Bwe and Pa'O. Several of the groups (Geko, Geba, Padaung, Yinbaw) belong to Kayan, a subgroup in region of Karenni. The groups Bre and Manu-Manau belong to the Kayaw subgroup.^{[citation needed]}