| Lahta | |
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| Native to | Burma |
| Region | SouthernShan State |
| Ethnicity | Kayan |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 2000–2017)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Burmese script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:kxk – Zayeinkvt – Lahta |
| Glottolog | zaye1235 |
Lahta, orZayein,[2] is aKarenic language ofBurma.
Lahta is spoken in:
Zayein Lahta is spoken in betweenMobye andPhekon towns in southernShan State. Zayein may be a dialect of Lahta.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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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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| Proto-languages | |||||
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||