Mizo language
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| Mizo | ||
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| Spoken in: | India, Bangladesh, Myanmar | |
| Region: | Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, Manipur | |
| Total speakers: | 900,000
529,000 in India (1997);12,500 in Myanmar (1983);1,041 in Bangladesh (1981 census) |
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| Language family: | Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Kamarupan Kuki-Chin-Naga Kuki-Chin Mizo |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language of: | Mizoram (India) | |
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | sit | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | lus | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Mizo is the language of the Mizo people, the Mizos are a scheduled tribe in northeastern India, primarily in the state of Mizoram, of which they are in the majority. The script used for Mizo language is the Roman script.
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[edit] Dialects
Fannai, Mizo, Ngente, Tlau, Le. Related to Hmar, Pankhu, Zahao (Falam Chin).
[edit] Statistics
Mizo (Dulien, Duhlian Twang, Lusai, Lushai, Lusei, Lushei, Lukhai, Lusago, Sailau, Hualngo, Whelngo); 529,000 in India (1997). 1,041 in Bangladesh (1981 census). 12,500 in Myanmar (1983).Population total all countries: 542,541.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- The Ethnologue, 13th Edition, Barbara F. Grimes, Editor, 1996, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.
[edit] External links
- mizoram.nic.in Official website of Mizoram.
- Zoram.org A Mizoram portal.
