Savaiq language explained

Savaiq
Region:	Burma
Speakers:	10,000
Date:	2013
Familycolor:	Austro-Asiatic
Fam2:	Khasi–Palaungic
Fam3:	Palaungic
Fam4:	Waic
Iso3:	none
Glotto:	none

Savaiq is a Waic language spoken in Kunlong Township, Shan State, Burma.

The exact number of Savaiq speakers is unknown, but may possibly be around 10,000. Savaiq speakers are distributed in Kunlong, Mong Maw, and Lashio townships in Shan State, Burma.

Names

Savaiq means 'swallow (bird)'. Other names for Savaiq include:

• Ming Yum
• Loi
• Loi Meung Yum
• Khala
• Laca
• Loi Lah
• Leh Nu
• La Leit

Dialects

Dialects are Man Gyat and Thein Tan.

See also

• Meung Yum language

Further reading

• Phyu . Myint Myint . A Sociolinguistic Survey of Selected Meung Yum and Savaiq Varieties . 2013 . M.A. . Payap University . en . dead . 2018-06-08 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210944/https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Myint_Myint_Phyu_Thesis.pdf .
• Ping . Wendy Phung Wei . A Phonological Description of Meung Yum and Phonological Comparison of Meung Yum with Three Wa Dialects in China . 2013 . M.A. . Payap University . en . dead . 2018-06-08 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184608/https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Wendy_Phung_Thesis.pdf .