Kaang | |
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Region | Burma |
Native speakers | 35,000 (2020)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | ckn |
Glottolog | None |
Kaang (Kaang Chin; also rendered Kang, M’kaang, Mgan) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by about 35,000 people in Mindat Township and Matupi Township, Chin State, Burma. Under Kaang Chin, there are three groups, namely (1) Zo Kaang,(2) Puei Kaang, and (3) Cum Kaang.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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East and Southeast Asia |
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Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Kuki-Chin |
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Karbic |
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Sign languages |