Simte | |
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Kuki | |
Native to | India |
Region | Manipur |
Native speakers | 10,200 (2001 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | smt |
Glottolog | simt1238 |
ELP | Simte |
Simte is a Kuki-Chin language of India. It is spoken primarily by the Simte in Northeastern India, who are concentrated in Manipur and adjacent areas of Mizoram and Assam. The dialect spoken in Manipur exhibits partial mutual intelligibility with the other Kuki-Chin dialects of the area including Thadou, Hmar, Vaiphei, Paite, Kom and Gangte.[2] It is written in Latin script.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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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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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. |
Kuki-Chin |
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Naga |
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Meitei | |||||||||||||
Karbic |