Senthang language

Senthang (Sethang Chin) is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Burma.

Senthang
RegionBurma
Native speakers
33,000 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sez
Glottologsent1260

Geographical distribution

Senthang is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).

VanBik (2009:55)[2] lists the following Senthang villages: Buan Lung, Bung Tuah, Bung Zung, Chawn Cum, Cin Tlang, Dong Va, Dum Va, Hau Sen, Kei Zuan, Khua Pi, Lang Pho, Lei Um, Li Chia, Lung Hau, Lung Rang, Lung Tar, Phai Pha, Phai Zawng, Sak Ta, Sum Si, Sur Khua, Za Thal.

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Senthang.

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

References

  1. Senthang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.
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