| Vaiphei | |
|---|---|
| Region | India |
| Ethnicity | Vaiphei /Zo-Mizo |
Native speakers | 43,000 (2011 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vap |
| Glottolog | vaip1239 |
| ELP | Vaiphei |
Vaiphei is aSino-Tibetan language belonging to theZo-Mizo linguistic subbranch of theTibeto-Burman group of languages. It is spoken mainly in theIndian state ofManipur and minutely inMizoram,Assam,Meghalaya, andTripura. The dialect spoken in Manipur exhibits a least partial mutual intelligibility with the other Zo-Mizo dialects of the area includingThadou,Hmar,Paite,Simte,Mizo andGangte languages.[2]
Vaiphei is spoken in more than 30 villages ofLamka District, SouthernManipur (Ethnologue). There are also speakers inAssam,Meghalaya,Mizoram andTripura
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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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