Simte language

Simte
Simte
Kuki
Native to	India
Region	Manipur
Native speakers	10,200 (2001 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin Northern Simte; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	smt
Glottolog	simt1238
ELP	Simte

Simte is a Kuki-Chin language of Myanmar. It is spoken primarily by the Simte in Myanmar, who are concentrated in Myanmar and adjacent areas of Mizoram and Assam. The dialect spoken in Myanmar exhibits partial mutual intelligibility with the other Kuki-Chin dialects of the area including Thadou, Hmar, Vaiphei, Paite, Kom and Gangte.^[2] It is written in Latin script.

References

^ Distribution of the 100 non-scheduled languages, n° 87 Simte
^ Singh, Chungkham Yashawanta (1995). "The linguistic situation in Manipur" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 18 (1): 129–134. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

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