Khomic languages

Khomic
Khomic
Geographic; distribution	Myanmar, Bangladesh
Ethnicity	Chin
Linguistic classification	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Kuki-Chin–Naga Kuki-Chin Khomic; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
Glottolog	khom1240 (Khomic)

Last updated January 02, 2026

The Khomic languages are a branch of Kuki-Chin languages proposed by Peterson (2017). They are spoken mostly in southern Chin State, Myanmar and in southeastern Bangladesh.

Languages

Khomic languages include (Peterson 2017):

Khumi
Khami (Eastern Khumi)
Lemi
Mro
Rengmitca

References

Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley, 189–209. Leiden: Brill.
Peterson, David A. 2012. The Khumi cluster and its place in Kuki-Chin. Paper presented at ICSTLL 45, Singapore.

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Khomic
Geographic distribution	Myanmar, Bangladesh
Ethnicity	Chin
Linguistic classification	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Kuki-Chin–Naga Kuki-Chin Khomic
Language codes
Glottolog	`khom1240` (Khomic)