Lahta language

Lahta
Native to	Burma
Region	Southern Shan State
Ethnicity	Kayan
Native speakers	(20,000 cited 2000–2017) [1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Karenic Sgaw–Bghai Bghai Lahta
Writing system	Burmese script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: kxk  – Zayein kvt  – Lahta
Glottolog	zaye1235

Lahta, or Zayein, ^[2] is a Karenic language of Burma.

Distribution

Lahta is spoken in:

• Shan State: Pekhon (Phaikum) ^[3] and Pinlaung townships
• Mandalay Region: Pyinmana township

Zayein Lahta is spoken in between Mobye and Phekon towns in southern Shan State. Zayein may be a dialect of Lahta.

References

1. Zayein at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
   Lahta at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
3. Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Zayein language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 102. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).

Sources

• Ywar, Naw Hsa Eh. 2013. A Grammar of Kayan Lahta Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine . Master’s thesis, Payap University.
• Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Zayein language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 102. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).