Thadou language
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Thadou | |
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Native to | India, Burma |
Ethnicity | Thadou people |
Native speakers
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unknown (270,000 cited 1983 and 2001 censuses)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tcz |
Glottolog | thad1238 [2] |
Thadou (Thado, Thaadou, Thado-Ubiphei, Thado-Pao) is a common Kukish language spoken widely in the northeastern part of India and Burma. The Saimar dialect[3] was reported in the Indian press in 2012 to be spoken by only four people in one village in the state of Tripura.[4] The variety spoken in Manipur has partial mutual intelligibility with the other Kukish varieties of the area including Paite, Hmar, Vaiphei, Simte, Kom and Gangte languages.[5]
Geographical distribution
Thadou is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Thadou. There is high mutual intelligibility among dialects.
- Changsen
- Jangshen
- Kaokeep
- Khongzai
- Kipgen
- Langiung
- Sairang
- Thangngen
- Hawkip
- Shithlou
- Singson (Shingsol)
References
Thadou language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
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