Tedim Chin

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Tedim Chin is a Kuki-Chin language of the Tibeto-Burman family spoken primarily by the Tedim Chin people in northwestern Myanmar and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tedim Chin canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kuki-Chin language
Tibeto-Burman language
language
closelyRelatedTo Hmar
Mizo
linked to: Mizo language

Paite
Thadou
countryOfOrigin Myanmar
hasAlternativeName Tedim
Tiddim Chin
Zomi language
linked to: Mizo language
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasBibleTranslation yes
hasDialect Cikay
Kaptel
Rih
Saizang
Tedim
Teizang
linked to: Saizang

Tonzang
Vangteh
hasGlottocode tidd1235
hasGlottologName Tiddim-Chin
linked to: Tiddim Chin
hasISO6393Code ctd
hasLanguageAgency Zomi Language and Literature Society
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative
hasMorphologicalFeature rich verbal inflection
hasPhonologicalFeature phonemic vowel length
tone
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
languageBranch Northern Kuki-Chin
partOfLanguageFamily Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
primaryRegion Chin State
Sagaing Region
spokenBy Tedim Chin people
Zomi people
spokenIn India
Myanmar
spokenInIndianState Manipur
Mizoram
spokenInRegion northwestern Myanmar
subfamilyOf Kuki-Chin
linked to: Kuki
usedAs lingua franca in parts of Chin State
usedFor education
mass media
religious literature
writingSystemOrigin missionary-developed Latin orthography

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chin language Tedim Chin
Hakha Chin closelyRelatedTo Tedim Chin
Falam Chin closelyRelatedTo Tedim Chin
Chin people notableSubgroup Tedim Chin
Tedim people alsoKnownAs Tedim Chin