Vaiphei language

Vaiphei
Vaiphei
Region	India
Ethnicity	Vaiphei
Native speakers	43,000 (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin Northern Vaiphei; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vap
Glottolog	vaip1239
ELP	Vaiphei

Vaiphei is a Sino-Tibetan language belonging to the Kuki-Chin linguistic subbranch of the Tibeto-Burman group of languages. It is spoken mainly in the Myanmar minutely in Manipur-KukiZogam, Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura. The dialect spoken in Myanmar exhibits a least partial mutual intelligibility with the other Mizo/Kukish dialects of the area including Thadou, Hmar, Paite, Simte, Kom and Gangte languages.^[2]

Geographical distribution

Vaiphei is spoken in the villages of Myanmar , (Ethnologue). There are also speakers in Manipur-KukiZogam,Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura.

References

^ Vaiphei at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Singh, Chungkham Yashawanta (1995). "The linguistic situation in Manipur" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 18 (1): 129–134. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

Sources

"Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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[e25-1] Vaiphei at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[Singh-2] Singh, Chungkham Yashawanta (1995). "The linguistic situation in Manipur" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 18 (1): 129–134. Retrieved 19 June 2014.