Sumtu language explained

Sumtu
Region:Burma
Speakers:14,000
Date:2007
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:Kuki-Chin
Fam4:Southern
Iso3:csv
Glotto:sumt1234
Glottorefname:Sumtu Chin

Sumtu (Sumtu Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken in Ann, Minbya, and Myebon townships in Rakhine State, Burma.[1] It is partially intelligible with Laitu Chin, with which it shares 91 to 96% lexical similarity. Sumtu has 96%–97% lexical similarity with the Dalet Stream variety of Laitu Chin, and 84%–87% with Chinbon Chin.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 . Myanmar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010180533/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/MM/languages . 2016-10-10 . Ethnologue: Languages of the World.