Senthang language

Senthang
Senthang
Region	Burma
Native speakers	33,000 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin-Mizo Maraic Senthang; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sez
Glottolog	sent1260

Senthang (Sethang Chin) is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Burma. The Senthang dialects share 79% to 95% lexical similarity.^[2]

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: Buanlung, Bungluah, Bungzung, Chawncum, Cintlang, Dongva, Dumva, Hausen, Keizuan, Khuapi, Langpho, Leium, Lichia, Lunghau, Lungrang, Lungtar, Phaipha, Phaizawng, Sakta, Sumsi, Surkhua, Zathal, Lungkhin, Dinlaupa, Leipi.

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.

[e18-1] Senthang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-2] "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

[VanBik-3] VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.