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{{Infobox language<br />
| name = Vaiphei<br />
| region = [[India]]<br />
| ethnicity = [[Vaiphei people|Vaiphei]] / [[Kuki people|Kuki]]<br />
| speakers = {{sigfig|42,700|2}}<br />
| date = 2011 census<br />
| ref = e25<br />
| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan<br />
| fam2 = ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]])<br />
| fam3 = [[Kuki-Chin languages|Kuki-Chin]]<br />
| fam4 = [[Northern Kuki-Chin languages|Northern]]<br />
| iso3 = vap<br />
| glotto = vaip1239<br />
| glottorefname = Vaiphei<br />
}}<br />
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'''Vaiphei''' is a [[Sino-Tibetan]] language belonging to the [[Kuki-Chin languages|Kuki-Chin]] linguistic subbranch of the [[Tibeto-Burman]] group of languages. It is spoken mainly in the [[India]]n state of [[Manipur]] and minutely in [[Mizoram]], [[Assam]], [[Meghalaya]], and [[Tripura]]. The dialect spoken in Manipur exhibits a least partial mutual intelligibility with the other Mizo/Kukish dialects of the area including [[Thadou language|Thadou]], [[Hmar language|Hmar]], [[Paite language|Paite]], [[Simte language|Simte]], [[Kom language (India)|Kom]] and [[Gangte language|Gangte]] languages.<ref name=Singh>{{cite journal|last1=Singh|first1=Chungkham Yashawanta|title=The linguistic situation in Manipur|journal=Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area|date=1995|volume=18|issue=1|pages=129–134|url=http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/singh1995linguistic.pdf|access-date=19 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Geographical distribution==<br />
Vaiphei is spoken in more than 30 villages of [[Churachandpur district]], southern [[Manipur]] (''[[Ethnologue]]''). There are also speakers in [[Assam]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Mizoram]] and [[Tripura]].<br />
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* {{cite web |title=Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011 |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220172325/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf |archive-date=20 February 2022}}<br />
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[[Category:Kuki-Chin languages]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Manipur]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Meghalaya]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Tripura]]<br />
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