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{{Short description|Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar}} |
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{{Infobox language |
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|name=Kaang |
|name=Kaang |
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|region=[[ |
|region=[[Myanmar]] |
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|ethnicity= |
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|speakers= |
|speakers=35,000 |
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|date= |
|date=2020 |
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|ref=e18 |
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|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan |
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan |
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|fam2=[[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]] |
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|fam3=[[ |
|fam3=[[Central Tibeto-Burman languages|Central Tibeto-Burman]] (?) |
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|fam4=[[Kuki-Chin–Naga languages|Kuki-Chin–Naga]] |
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|fam4=Southern |
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|fam5=[[Kuki-Chin languages|Kuki-Chin]] |
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|fam6=[[Southern Kuki-Chin languages|Southern]] |
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|iso3=ckn |
|iso3=ckn |
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|glotto= |
|glotto=kaan1248 |
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'''Kaang''' ('''Kaang Chin'''; also rendered Kang, M’kaang, Mgan) is a [[Kuki-Chin languages|Kuki-Chin language]] spoken by about 35,000 people in [[Mindat Township|Mindat]] Township and Matupi Township, [[Chin State]], [[Myanmar]]. There are three sub-groups under Kaang, namely Zo Kaang, Puei Kaang, and Cum Kaang. Kaang has 73% to 80% [[lexical similarity]] with [[Welaung language|Welaung]], 77% to 79% similarity with [[Kʼchò language|Müün Chin]], and 67% to 80% with [[Daai language|Daai Chin]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Myanmar |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/MM/languages |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010180533/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/MM/languages |archive-date=2016-10-10 |website=Ethnologue: Languages of the World}}</ref> |
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'''Kaang''' (Kaang Chin; also rendered M'Kaang is a [[Kukish language]] spoken by about 1,000 people in 3 villages of [[Mindat Township|Mindat]] township, [[Chin State]], [[Burma]]. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}} |
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{{Languages of Burma}} |
{{Languages of Burma}} |
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[[Category:Kuki-Chin languages]] |
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Latest revision as of 01:23, 19 July 2023
| Kaang | |
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| Region | Myanmar |
Native speakers | 35,000 (2020)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | ckn |
| Glottolog | kaan1248 |
Kaang (Kaang Chin; also rendered Kang, M’kaang, Mgan) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by about 35,000 people in Mindat Township and Matupi Township, Chin State, Myanmar. There are three sub-groups under Kaang, namely Zo Kaang, Puei Kaang, and Cum Kaang. Kaang has 73% to 80% lexical similarity with Welaung, 77% to 79% similarity with Müün Chin, and 67% to 80% with Daai Chin.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Kaang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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