Khumi language

Khumi
Khumi Chin
Native to Burma
Ethnicity Khumi people
Native speakers
70,000 (2006–2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
cnk  Khumi
cek  Eastern Khumi
Glottolog khum1248  (Khumi proper)[2]

Khumi, or Khumi Chin, is a Kukish language of Burma, with some across the border in Bangladesh. A purported distinct coastal variety, Awa Khumi, turns out to be Mro.

Geographical distribution

Khumi proper is spoken in the following townships of Myanmar (Ethnologue).

Eastern Khumi (Khami) is spoken in the following townships of Myanmar (Ethnologue).

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects.

References

  1. Khumi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Eastern Khumi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Khumi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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