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Simte language

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Simte
Native toIndia
RegionManipur
EthnicitySimte
Native speakers
10,200 (2001 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3smt
Glottologsimt1238
ELPSimte

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

Geographical distribution

Simte is spoken in the following villages of Churachandpur district, southwestern Manipur (Ethnologue).

2

milongmun

Gamhui

References

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