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Zyphe language

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Zyphe
RegionMyanmar, India
EthnicityMizo
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1994–2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3zyp
Glottologzyph1238

Zyphe (also spelled Zophei) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken primarily in Thantlang township, Chin State, Myanmar, and also spoken in India. It is spoken by 17,000 Burmese and 3,000 Indians. There are 2 dialects, east Zyphe and west Zyphe.

References

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  1. ^ Zyphe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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  • Zophei Language Resource collection of Zophei language documentation in the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) archive