Thaiphum language
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| Thaiphum | |
|---|---|
| Region | Burma |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cth |
| Glottolog | None |
Thaiphum (Thaiphum Chin) is a Southern Kuki-Chin language spoken in 4 villages of Matupi township, Chin State, Burma. Thaiphum is partially intelligible with neighboring languages, such as the Eastern Khumi varieties of Khenlak, Asang, and Rengcaa.[2] Thaiphum has 72%–75% lexical similarity with Eastern Khumi, 69%–71% with Khumi, 65%–68% with Mro-Khimi, and 66%–71% with Matu Chin.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Thaiphum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
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