Simte

E772415

Simte is a Kuki-Chin language spoken primarily by the Simte people in parts of Northeast India and Myanmar.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Simte canonical 3
Saimte 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kuki-Chin language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
belongsToBranch Kuki-Chin branch of Sino-Tibetan
linked to: Kuki-Chin languages
closelyRelatedTo Hmar
Paite
Thadou
country India
Myanmar
ethnicGroup Simte people
glottologCode simt1238
glottologName Simte
hasAlternativeName Saimte
linked to: Simte

Simte Chin
hasISO639-3Code smt
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant-rich inventory
tone language
hasSpeakerCommunity Simte community
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isEndangered true
isPartOf Northern Kuki-Chin languages
linked to: Northern Kuki-Chin
languageFamily Kuki-Chin
linked to: Kuki-Chin-Naga

Sino-Tibetan
region Chin State
Manipur
Mizoram
script Latin script
spokenBy Simte people
spokenIn India
Myanmar
Northeast India
spokenInDistrict Churachandpur district
linked to: Churachandpur
spokenInState Manipur
Mizoram
usedIn Simte churches
community education

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Kuki linguisticVariety Simte
Simte hasAlternativeName Saimte
linked to: Simte
Simte glottologName Simte