Khomic languages
Branch of Kuki-Chin languages
Khomic | |
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Ethnicity | Chin |
Geographic distribution | Myanmar, Bangladesh |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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Glottolog | khom1240 (Khomic) |
The Khomic languages are a branch of Kuki-Chin languages proposed by Peterson (2017). They are spoken mostly in southern Chin State, Myanmar and in southeastern Bangladesh.
Languages
Khomic languages include (Peterson 2017):
- Khumi
- Khami (Eastern Khumi)
- Lemi
- Mro
- Rengmitca
References
- Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley, 189–209. Leiden: Brill.
- Peterson, David A. 2012. The Khumi cluster and its place in Kuki-Chin. Paper presented at ICSTLL 45, Singapore.
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Sino-Tibetan branches
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
Greater Magaric |
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(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)
"Naga" | |
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Sal |
Burmo-Qiangic |
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(Arunachal)
Greater Siangic |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.