| Gangte | |
|---|---|
| Region | India |
| Ethnicity | Gangte |
Native speakers | 16,500 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gnb |
| Glottolog | gang1266 |
| ELP | Gangte |
Gangte is aSino-Tibetan language ofKuki-Chin linguistic sub branch ofNortheastern India. Its speakers primarily live inManipur and the adjacent areas ofMeghalaya andAssam. The language appears to be homogeneous with no known dialectal variation and exhibits at least partial mutual intelligibility with the otherChin-Kuki-Mizo dialects of the area includingThadou,Hmar,Vaiphei,Simte,Kom andPaite languages.[2]The speakers of this language useMeitei language as theirsecond language (L2) according to theEthnologue.[3]
Gangte is spoken in 37 villages of southernChurachandpur district,Manipur. It is also spoken inMeghalaya andAssam.[citation needed]
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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