Kuki-Chin group

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The Kuki-Chin group is a family of closely related Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily by Kuki, Chin, and related ethnic communities across northeastern India, Myanmar, and neighboring regions.

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Label Occurrences
Kuki-Chin group canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman language subgroup
language family
closelyRelatedTo Bodo-Garo languages
Naga languages
hasBranch Central Kuki-Chin languages
Northern Kuki-Chin languages
linked to: Northern Kuki-Chin

Southern Kuki-Chin languages
hasMemberLanguage Bawm language
Cho Chin language
Falam Chin language
Gangte language
Hakha Chin language
Hmar language
Khumi language
Lai language
Lusei language
Mara language
Mizo language
Mro-Khimi language
linked to: Khumi language

Paite language
Pangkhua language
Ralte language
Simte language
Sizang language
Tedim language
Thadou language
Vaiphei language
Zo language
linguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
complex verbal agreement
verb-final word order
region Chin State, Myanmar
Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Northeast India
Sagaing Region, Myanmar
spokenIn Bangladesh
India
Myanmar
spokenPrimarilyBy Chin people
Kuki people
related ethnic communities in Northeast India
related ethnic communities in western Myanmar
subclassOf Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
usedFor local administration in some areas
oral tradition
religious practices
writingSystemUsed Burmese script
Latin script

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

Kuki-Chin languages alsoKnownAs Kuki-Chin group
Halam community ethnolinguisticGroup Kuki-Chin group