Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Bangladesh and Burma
Khumi
Khumi Chin
Native to
Bangladesh
Ethnicity
Khumi people
Native speakers
70,000 (2006–2009)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Central Tibeto-Burman (?)
Kuki-Chin-Naga
Kuki-Chin
Khomic
Khumi
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: cnk – Khumi cek – Eastern Khumi
Glottolog
khum1248 Khumi proper east2779 Eastern Khumi Chin
Khumi, or Khumi Chin, is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Burma, with some speakers across the border in Bangladesh. Khumi shares 75%–87% lexical similarity with Eastern Khumi, and 78-81% similarity with Mro-Khimi.[2]
^Khumi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Eastern Khumi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^"Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
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