Zyphe language
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| Zyphe | |
|---|---|
| Region | Myanmar, India |
| Ethnicity | Chin |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1994–2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zyp |
| Glottolog | zyph1238 |
Zyphe (also spelled Zophei) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken primarily in Thantlang township, Chin State, Myanmar, and also spoken in India. It is spoken by 17,000 people in Myanmar and 3,000 in India. There are 2 dialects, east Zyphe and west Zyphe. A written script for Zyphe was created in 1998 by Rev. Dr. Ral Bawi and Prof. Kenneth Gregerson.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Zyphe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Lian, Salai Van Cung; Salem-Gervais, Nicolas (November 2020). "How Many Chin Languages Should Be Taught in Government Schools? Ongoing developments and structural challenges of language-in-education policy in Chin State". Parami Journal of Education. 1 (1).
External links
[edit]- Zophei Language Resource collection of Zophei language documentation in the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) archive
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