Vaiphei
RegionIndia
EthnicityVaiphei
Native speakers
43,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3vap
Glottologvaip1239
ELPVaiphei

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

  1. Vaiphei at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  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.

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