Lahta language explained

Lahta
States:	Burma
Region:	Southern Shan State
Ethnicity:	Kayan
Date:	2000–2017
Ref:	e25
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:	Karenic
Fam4:	Sgaw–Bghai
Fam5:	Bghai
Script:	Burmese script
Lc2:	kvt
Ld2:	Lahta
Lc1:	kxk
Ld1:	Zayein
Glotto:	zaye1235
Glottorefname:	Lahta-Zayein Karen

Lahta, or Zayein,^[1] is a Karenic language of Burma.

Distribution

Lahta is spoken in:

• Shan State

Pekhon (Phaikum)^[2] 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.

Sources

• Ywar, Naw Hsa Eh. 2013. A Grammar of Kayan Lahta . 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).

Notes and References

1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
2. 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).