Vaiphei language
| Vaiphei | |
|---|---|
| Region | India |
| Ethnicity | Vaiphei (Zomi) |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2001 census)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
vap |
| Glottolog |
vaip1239[2] |
Vaiphei is a Kukish language of India spoken in Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura. The dialect spoken in Manipur exhibits a least partial mutual intelligibility with the other Kukish dialects of the area including Thadou, Hmar, Paite, Simte, Kom and Gangte languages.[3]
References
- ↑ Distribution of the 100 non-scheduled languages, n° 95 Vaiphei
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Vaiphei". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Singh, Chungkham Yashawanta (1995). "The linguistic situation in Manipur" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 18 (1): 129–134. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
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