| Senthang | |
|---|---|
| Region | Burma |
Native speakers | 33,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sez |
| Glottolog | sent1260 |
Senthang (Sethang Chin) is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Burma. The Senthang dialects share 79% to 95% lexical similarity.[2]
Geographical distribution
Senthang is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).
- Hakha township, Chin State
- Thantlang township, Chin State (2 villages)
- Gangaw township, Magway Region (15 villages)
- Kalemyo township, Sagaing Region (2 villages)
VanBik (2009:55)[3] lists the following Senthang villages: Buanlung, Bungluah, Bungzung, Chawncum, Cintlang, Dongva, Dumva, Hausen, Keizuan, Khuapi, Langpho, Leium, Lichia, Lunghau, Lungrang, Lungtar, Phaipha, Phaizawng, Sakta, Sumsi, Surkhua, Zathal, Lungkhin, Dinlaupa, Leipi.
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Senthang.
- Surkhua (Lungrang)
- Sumsi
- Sakta
- Central Senthang (Bungzung, Khuapi, Lei-Um, Phaipha)
- Sonse
References
- ^ Senthang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
- ^ VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.
- Ngun, Tin Par. 2016. Agreement and Verb Stem Alternation in Senthang Chin. Masters thesis, Payap University.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
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