Senthang language
Senthang (Sethang Chin) is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Burma. The Senthang dialects share 79% to 95% lexical similarity.[2]
| Senthang | |
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| Region | Burma |
Native speakers | 33,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sez |
| Glottolog | sent1260 |
Geographical distribution
Senthang is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).
- Hakha township, Chin State
- Thantlang township, Chin State (2 villages)
- Gangaw township, Magway Region (15 villages)
- Kalemyo township, Sagaing Region (2 villages)
VanBik (2009:55)[3] lists the following Senthang villages: Buan Lung, Bung Tuah, Bung Zung, Chawn Cum, Cin Tlang, Dong Va, Dum Va, Hau Sen, Kei Zuan, Khua Pi, Lang Pho, Lei Um, Li Chia, Lung Hau, Lung Rang, Lung Tar, Phai Pha, Phai Zawng, Sak Ta, Sum Si, Sur Khua, Za Thal.
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Senthang.
- Surkhua (Lungrang)
- Sumsi
- Sakta
- Central Senthang (Bungzung, Khuapi, Lei-Um, Phaipha)
- Sonse
References
- Senthang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
- VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.
- Ngun, Tin Par. 2016. Agreement and Verb Stem Alternation in Senthang Chin. Masters thesis, Payap University.
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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