Zyphe language
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.
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Region | Myanmar, India |
Ethnicity | Mizo |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1994–2000)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | zyp |
Glottolog | zyph1238 |
References
- Zyphe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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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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