Senthang language

Senthang
Region	Burma
Native speakers	33,000 (2007) [1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin-Mizo Maraic Senthang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sez
Glottolog	sent1260

Senthang (Sethang Chin) is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Burma. The Senthang dialects share 79% to 95% lexical similarity. ^[2]

Geographical distribution

Senthang is spoken in the following locations ( Ethnologue ).

• Hakha township, Chin State
• Thantlang township, Chin State (2 villages)
• Gangaw township, Magway Region (15 villages)
• Kalemyo township, Sagaing Region (2 villages)

VanBik (2009:55) ^[3] lists the following Senthang villages: Buanlung, Bungluah, Bungzung, Chawncum, Cintlang, Dongva, Dumva, Hausen, Keizuan, Khuapi, Kyarinn, Langpho, Leium, Lichia, Lunghau, Lungrang, Lungtar, Phaipha, Phaizawng, Sakta, Sumsi, Surkhua, Zathal, Lungkhin, Dinlaupa, Leipi.

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Senthang.

• Surkhua
• Sumsi
• Sakta
• Central Senthang (Bungzung, Khuapi, Lei-Um, Phaipha)
• Sonse

References

1. Senthang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
3. VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN   0-944613-47-0.

• Ngun, Tin Par. 2016. Agreement and Verb Stem Alternation in Senthang Chin . Masters thesis, Payap University.