"Kuki language" redirects here. Not to be confused with Kuki language (Nigeria).
Thadou–Kuki
Thado Chin, Thadou, Kuki
Thadoupao
Native to
India
Region
Manipur
Ethnicity
Kuki people, natively to the Thadou tribe.
Native speakers
350,000 (2011–2017)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Kuki-Chin-Naga
Kuki-Chin
Northern
Thadou–Kuki
Language codes
ISO 639-3
tcz
Glottolog
thad1238
ELP
Thado Chin
Thadou, Kuki, or Thado Chin is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Northern Kuki-Chin sub-branch. It is spoken by the Thadou people in Northeast India (specifically in Manipur and Assam).[2]
The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[3]
The language is known by many names, including Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thādo, Thaadou Kuki, or just Kuki or Chin.
There are several dialects of this language: Hangshing, Khongsai, Kipgen, Saimar, Langiung, Sairang, Thangngeo, Haokip, Sitlhou, Singson (Shingsol).[1] The Saimar dialect was reported in the Indian press in 2012 to be spoken by only four people in one village in the state of Tripura.[4] The variety spoken in Manipur has partial mutual intelligibility with the other Mizo-Kuki-Chin languages varieties of the area including Paite, Hmar, Vaiphei, Simte, Kom and Gangte languages.[5]
^ abThadou–Kuki at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^Mahapatra, Bijaya P.; Padmanabha, P. (December 1989). The Written Languages of the World: A Survey of the Degree and Modes of Use : Book 2, Non-Constitutional Languages. Pr De L'Universite Laval. p. 1311. ISBN 978-2-7637-7196-0.
^"Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^"Just 4 people keep a language alive". The Hindu. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
^Singh, Chungkham Yashawanta (1995). "The linguistic situation in Manipur" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 18 (1): 129–134. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
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