Tedim language

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The Tedim language is a Kuki-Chin language spoken primarily by the Tedim (Zomi) people in northwestern Myanmar and neighboring regions of India.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tedim language canonical 6
Tedim Chin language 2
Teddim language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kuki-Chin language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Mizo language
Paite language
Thadou language
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Tedim Chin
Tiddim Chin
Tiddim language
Zomi language
linked to: Mizo language
hasBibleTranslation Tedim Bible
hasDialects Sukte
Tedim proper
Vaiphei
hasLinguisticFeature postpositions
rich verbal morphology
verb-final syntax
hasPhonologicalFeature phonemic tone
tone
hasStandardizedOrthography yes
hasWordOrder SOV
ISO639-3Code ctd
languageBranch Tibeto-Burman
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
languageGroup Kuki-Chin
linked to: Kuki-Chin-Naga
morphologicalType agglutinative language
primaryRegion Chin Hills
primaryTown Tedim
region northeastern India
northwestern Myanmar
spokenBy Chin people
Tedim people
Zomi people
spokenIn Chin State
India
Manipur
Mizoram
Myanmar
subfamilyOf Kuki-Chin languages
Sino-Tibetan languages
usedAs identity marker of Zomi people
usedBy Zomi churches
usedIn community media
local education
religious contexts
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Kuki-Chin languages hasMember Tedim language
Chin State hasLanguage Tedim Chin language
subject linked to: Chin State, Myanmar
linked to: Tedim language
Tedim people nativeLanguage Tedim language
Hakha Chin language closelyRelatedTo Tedim Chin language
linked to: Tedim language
Zo language closelyRelatedTo Tedim language
Mara language closelyRelatedTo Teddim language
linked to: Tedim language
Kuki-Chin group hasMemberLanguage Tedim language
Zomi people language Tedim language
Tedim languageSpoken Tedim language