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Kuki-Chin language spoken in Burma ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Sumtu
RegionBurma
Native speakers14,00000 (2007)
Language familySino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3csv
Glottologsumt1234

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

  1. Sumtu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
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