Sumtu language
Kuki-Chin language spoken in Burma
Sumtu | |
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Region | Burma |
Native speakers | 14,000 (2007)[1] |
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.[2] It is partially intelligible with Laitu Chin, with which it shares 91 to 96% lexical similarity.[2] Sumtu has 96%–97% lexical similarity with the Dalet Stream variety of Laitu Chin, and 84%–87% with Chinbon Chin.[2]
References
- ^ Sumtu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
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