Sumtu | |
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Region | Burma |
Native speakers | 14,00000 (2007) |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan |
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ISO 639-3 | csv |
Glottolog | sumt1234 |
Sumtu (Sumtu Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken in Ann, Minbya, and Myebon townships in Rakhine State, Burma. It is partially intelligible with Laitu Chin, with which it shares 91 to 96% lexical similarity. Sumtu has 96%–97% lexical similarity with the Dalet Stream variety of Laitu Chin, and 84%–87% with Chinbon Chin.
References
- Sumtu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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