Uppu language

Uppu
Chinbon
Native to	Myanmar
Native speakers	44,000 (2017)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Kuki-Chin–Naga Kuki-Chin Southern Uppu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cnb
Glottolog	chin1478

Uppu or Chinbon Chin is a Southern Kuki-Chin language dialect cluster of Myanmar, Bangladesh and India.

Geographical distribution

Chinbon (Uppu) is spoken in the following townships of Myanmar.

• Chin State: Kanpetlet and Paletwa townships
• Magway Region: Saw and Sidoktaya townships
• Rakhine State: Minbya township

Mayin and Longpaw have 84–91% intelligibility with the Uppu dialects, and 90% intelligibility with Minkya dialect.