Kuki-Chin language spoken in Myanmar and India
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Kuki-Chin language spoken in Myanmar and India
| Zyphe | |
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| Region | Myanmar, India |
| Ethnicity | Mizo |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1994–2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zyp |
| Glottolog | zyph1238 |
Zyphe (also spelled Zophei) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken primarily in Thantlang township, Chin State, Myanmar, and also spoken in India. It is spoken by 17,000 Burmese and 3,000 Indians. There are 2 dialects, east Zyphe and west Zyphe.
References
- ↑ Zyphe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
| Kuki-Chin |
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| Naga |
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