Lahta language
| Lahta | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Burma |
| Region | Southern Shan State |
| Ethnicity | Kayan |
Native speakers | 13,500 (2010)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either:kxk – Zayeinkvt – Lahta |
| Glottolog |
zaye1235[2] |
Lahta, or Zayein,[3] is a Karen language of Burma.
Distribution
Lahta is spoken in:
- Shan State: Pekon (Phaikum)[4] and Pinlaung townships
- Mandalay Region: Pyinmana township
Zayein is spoken in between Mobye and Phekon towns in southern Shan State. Zayein may be a dialect of Lahta.
References
- ↑ Zayein at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Zayein Karen". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ↑ Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Zayein language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 102. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
- Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Zayein language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 102. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
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