Senthang language
| Senthang | |
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| Region | Burma |
Native speakers | 33,000 (2007)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
sez |
| Glottolog |
sent1260[2] |
Senthang (Sethang Chin) is a Kukish language of Burma.
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)
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Senthang.
- Surkhua/Lungrang
- Shoneshi (Shonshe)
- Sakta
- Central Senthang (Bungzung, Khuapi, Lei-Um, Phaipha)
- Shonshe
References
- ↑ Senthang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Senthang Chin". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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